Book Description

We offer these texts bundled together at a discount for your students. McBride: The Process of Research in Psychology A student friendly, thoughtfully organized introduction to research in psychology Employing numerous examples and the pedagogical approach of spaced repetition, this introductory text provides a step-by-step explanation of how to design, conduct, and present a research study in psychology. Chronologically organized and chock-full of pedagogy, this book creates logical scaffolding upon which students can build their knowledge. Lab Manual The Lab Manual for Psychological Research by Dawn M. McBride and J. Cooper Cutting (available separately or bundled with the text) provides the perfect supplement for instructors who teach a lab component with their methods course or would simply like to provide their students with more guidance and practice in conducting their own research project. Ancillaries available at www.sagepub.com/mcbridestudysite Password-protected instructor resources include a test bank, PowerPoint slides, sample syllabi, answers/tips for the in-text questions, an answer key for the Lab Manual and class discussion topics and activities. An open-access student study site provides chapter summaries and objectives, E-flashcards, Web quizzes, SAGE journal articles, and additional Web resources. Wagner: Using IBM® SPSS® Statistics for Social Statistics and Research Methods A concise and affordable guide to using SPSS/PASW Statistics for statistical analysis Praise for Using SPSS for Social Statistics and Research Methods "Overall, this is an essential resource for me to use in my statistics courses. I have a lot of time dedicated to hands on data analysis in a lab setting and this book is as valuable to students as their main statistics text. I will definitely use it in the future." —Robert M. Silverman, University at Buffalo. Ideal as a companion to a statistics or research methods text or as a stand-alone guide, Using IBM® SPSS® for Social Statistics and Research Methods, Third Edition, uses images and directions drawn directly from SPSS/PASW Version 18.0 (for both PC and Mac computers) to teach undergraduate students how to use the software to manage data or to conduct statistical data analysis. This fully updated pocket-size guide addresses a wide variety of data analysis topics, making it useful for the classroom or for independent study, and offers a number of useful insider tips and hints for students. The Third Edition also offers the use of a dataset from the latest version of the General Social Survey (GSS) on our Student Study Site at www.sagepub.com/wagner3e.