RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A PROCESS APPROACH

Research Design and Methods: A Process Approach takes students through the research process, from asking and developing a research question, to designing and conducting a study, through analyzing and reporting data. Information on the research process is presented in a lively and engaging way, highlighting the numerous decisions that must be made when designing and conducting research, and emphasizing the importance of ethical conduct, both in the treatment of research subjects and in the conduct of researcher and their reporting of research results. Updates reflect a revolution in research practices that has overtaken psychology and other fields that have relied on null hypothesis significance testing (NHST). This revolution followed the discovery that many established research findings fail the test of replication.