Introducing research methods in psychology ; Research : theory and method / Practical and ethical issues in planning research / Levels of measurement / The experimental method in psychology / Single case experimental designs / Quasi-experimental designs ; Surveys and sampling issues / Facet theory : defining research domains / Psychophysical methods / Psychophysiological methods / Questionnaire design / Using psychometric tests / Direct observation / Interviewing / Discourse analysis / Structuring qualitative data : multidimensional scalogram analysis / Focus groups / Diary techniques / Ethnographic and action research / Historical analysis in psychological research / Using computer simulation to define and explore theories in psychology / Bivariate statistical analyses / Introduction to multivariate data analysis / Meta-analysis