The exciting new 8th Edition of RESEARCH METHODS provides readers with a scientific approach to understanding the field of psychology. The text's logical, step-by-step coverage is the result of decades of author experience, and includes all of the stages of the research process: selecting the project, searching for literature, choosing a protocol, and getting published. RESEARCH METHODS also presents the reader with problems from psychological literature, in order to examine how real-life psychology professionals design and conduct effective research.