The psychologist As Detective: An Introduction to Conducting Research in Psychology

by Randolph A. Smith, Stephen F. Davis

The Psychologist as Detective conveys the excitement of research methodology through a lively, conversational style. To make the study of the research process interactive and accessible for readers, pedagogical features and critical thinking activities are integrated throughout the volume. Actual student research appears in each chapter to increase relevance and heighten reader interest. This text evaluates the science of psychology, research ideas and hypotheses, ethics, nonexperimental methods and the basics of experimentation variables and control, statistics, designing-conducting-analyzing and interpreting experiments, as well as alternative research designs, external validity, critiquing experimental research and writing and assemblling an APA-format research report. For individuals involved with or interested in psychological research.

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, Nonfiction

480 pages, Hardcover

First published July 29, 1996

Reviews

[Holly]

Reading e:5.

[Angela Booker]

This book attributes to
detective techniques while
analyzing the aspects of
reasoning and critical
thinking skills.

[Susan]

Surprisingly useful and easy to read textbook. Has helped me quite a bit in my psychology classes, and I find myself using this as often as my APA Handbook, if not more.

[Milan]

It was a requirement for class, but it was good with helping with my literature review for research methods. It has the basics plus more. It was okay reading it.