Hi folks,
"Matthew W. Prull" wrote:
> In the spring I'll be teaching two new undergraduate courses and I was
> wondering whether anyone has suggestions for particular texts. The
> courses are intro research methods and cognitive aging.
Depending on your focus and needs, I recommend the following:
If your course needs to include a balance of qualitative and quantitative
methods, I would recommend Babbie, E. (1999) The Basics of Social Research.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company. If you students are conducting
work in the field of aging which often includes a fair amount of qualitative
methods (i.e. life histories, etc.), then this might have the balance you
want. It also includes a fair amount of internet information for data
sources and studies.
I you are looking for principally a quantitative/experimental approach, I've
always liked: Kantowitz, B. H., Roediger, H. L., & Elmes, D. G. (1996).
Experimental Psychology; Understanding Psychological Research (6th ed.).
Saint Paul: West Publishing Company. One of the things that I like best
about this text is that it blends methodology with the basic topics of
experimental psychology. Thus, information related to memory, learning,
sensation/perception etc. is interwoven with discussions of experimental
methodologies.
linda
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linda m. woolf, ph.d.
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webster university
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