Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology, Fifth edition

Welcome to Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology lecturer test bank

Click on the links below to open multiple choice questions for each chapter in the book. For each chapter you will find a version without answers to give to your students, and a version with the answers indicated.

In the left hand menu you will find an interactive glossary, revision flashcards, interactive multiple choice questions, practice exercises, data sets and internet links to share with your students.

All resources are copyright the author, Hugh Coolican.

Chapter 1 Psychology, science and research

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Chapter 2 Measuring people — variables, samples and the qualitative critique

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Chapter 3 Experiments and experimental designs in psychology

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Chapter 4 Validity in psychological research

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Chapter 5 Quasi-experiments and non-experiments

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Chapter 6 Observational methods — watching and being with people

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Chapter 7 Interview methods — asking people direct questions

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Chapter 8 Psychological tests and measurement scales

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Chapter 9 Comparison studies — cross-sectional, longitudinal and cross-cultural studies

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Chapter 10 Qualitative approaches in psychology

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Chapter 11 Statistics — organising the data

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Chapter 12 Graphical representation of data

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Chapter 13 Frequencies and distributions

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Chapter 14 Significance testing — was it a real effect?

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Chapter 15 Testing for differences between two samples

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Chapter 16 Test for categorical variables and frequency tables

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Chapter 17 Correlation

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Chapter 18 Multi-level analysis — differences between more than two conditions

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Chapter 19 Multi-factorial designs

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Chapter 20 ANOVA for repeated measures designs

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Chapter 21 Choosing a significance test for your data (and internet resources)

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Chapter 22 Analysing qualitative data

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Chapter 23 Ethical issues in psychological research

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Chapter 24 Planning your practical and writing up your report

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