Research in Psychology: From Start to Finish
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Copyright: 2025
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Research in Psychology: From Start to Finish is a step-by-step introduction of the research process. It has been written to coincide with a semester-long research project and associated tasks – i.e., development of research questions and hypotheses, learning how to conduct a literature review, determination of research method and development of research design, data collection and analysis, and reporting of findings.
Chapter 1
The Research Process and Topics
1.1 An Introduction to Research in Psychology
1.2 The Research Process Step by Step
1.3 The Psychological Researcher
1.4 Potential Topic Areas
Chapter 2
The Literature Review and APA Citation Rules
2.1 What is a Literature Review?
2.2 The Steps of a Literature Review
2.3 Rules of Citing—APA
Chapter 3
Ethics
3.1 What are Ethics?
3.2 The History of Psychological Research Ethics
3.3 The APA Code of Ethics
3.4 Ethical Considerations
3.5 Conclusions
Chapter 4
Qualitative Research
4.1 Perspectives of Research
4.2 Qualitative Methods
4.3 Trustworthiness—How to Analyze Qualitative Data
Chapter 5
Quantitative Research
5.1 Sampling from the Population
5.2 Surveys
5.3 Inventories
5.4 Other Descriptive Methods
5.5 Correlational Methods
Chapter 6
Science and Experimentation
6.1 Introduction to the Scientific Method
6.2 Introduction to the Experiment
6.3 Theories and Hypotheses
6.4 Reasoning and Causality
Chapter 7
Statistics
7.1 What are Statistics?
7.2 Descriptive Statistics
7.3 The Normal Distribution
7.4 Graphing Options
7.5 Correlations
7.6 Inferential Statistics
7.7 Steps of Hypothesis Testing
7.8 Common Inferential Tests
Chapter 8
Variables and Human Factors in Research
8.1 What Is a Variable?
8.2 Types of Independent Variables
8.3 Types of Dependent Variables
8.4 Types of Extraneous Variables
8.5 Other Variables and Control Techniques
8.6 The Participants
8.7 The Experimenter and Expectations
8.8 Research and Culture
Chapter 9
Threats to Validity
9.1 Threats to Internal Validity
9.2 Threats to External Validity
9.3 Threats to Construct Validity
9.4 Threats to Statistical Conclusion Validity
Chapter 10
Varieties of Experimentation
10.1 Pre-Experimental Designs
10.2 Quasi-Experimental Designs
10.3 True Experiments
10.4 Single-Case Experimental Design
10.5 Between, Within, and Mixed Designs
10.6 Factorial Designs
Chapter 11
APA Format
11.1 APA Formatting Rules
11.2 Writing and Formatting Conventions
11.3 An APA Format Paper Template
Josh Muller is a Professor of psychology at College of the Sequoias in Visalia, CA. He earned his MA degree in experimental psychology from Fresno State University and PhD degree in general psychology from Northcentral University, Prescott, Arizona. He is founder and serves as Director of the Psychology Research Symposium at College of the Sequoias since 2007. He teaches Research Methods in Psychology, Social Psychology, and General Psychology. His primary research interests are in attribution theory, exercise psychology, and wellness. He has mentored hundreds of research projects and has taught thousands of students during his tenure.