Textbooks on Conducting Research
These pages list textbooks and supporting resources on research methods, research ethics, and data
analysis. For additional bibliographies, searchable catalogs, and other information, review the listings by
Association of College and Research Libraries Bibliography of Research Method Texts
RESEARCH METHODS
General Introductory Texts:
Bell, P. B., Staines, P., & Mitchell, J. (2001). Evaluating, Doing and Writing Research in
Psychology: A Step-by-Step Guide for Students. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Bordens, K. S., & Abbott, B. B. (2010). Research Design and Methods: A Process Approach (8th
ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.
Christensen, L. B., Johnson, R. B., Turner, L. A. (2010). Research Methods, Design, and
Analysis (11th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Devlin, A. S. (2006). Research Methods: Planning, Conducting, and Presenting Research.
Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
Dunn, D. S. (2009). The Practical Researcher: A Student Guide to Conducting Psychological
Research (2nd ed.). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Gliner, J. A., Morgan, G. A., & Leech, N. L. (2009). Research Methods in Applied Settings: An
Integrated Approach to Design and Analysis (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
Associates.
Goodwin, C. J. (2009). Research in Psychology: Methods and Design (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ:
John Wiley & Sons.
Graziano, A. M., & Raulin, M. L. (2010). Research Methods: A Process of Inquiry (7th ed.).
Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Leary, M. R. (2008). Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn
and Bacon.
Leong, F. T. L., & Austin, J. T. (2005). The Psychology Research Handbook: A Guide for
Graduate Students and Research Assistants(2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
McBurney, D. H., & White, T. L. (2009). Research Methods (8th ed.). Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
Mitchell, M. L., & Jolley, J. M. (2009). Research Design Explained (7th ed.). Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
Pelham, B. W., & Blanton, H. (2012). Conducting Research in Psychology: Measuring the
Weight of Smoke (4th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
Ray, W. J. (2008). Methods Toward a Science of Behavior and Experience (9th ed.). Belmont,
CA: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning.
Rosenthal, R., & Rosnow, R. L. (2008). Essentials of Behavioral Research: Methods and Data
Analysis (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Rosnow, R. L., & Rosenthal, R. (2008). Beginning Behavioral Research: A Conceptual
Primer (6th ed.). Upper Saddle, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
Salkind, N. J. (2008). Exploring Research (7th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Smith, R. A., & Davis, S. (2009). The Psychologist as Detective: An Introduction to Conducting
Research in Psychology (5th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Stangor, C. (2010). Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences (4th ed.). Boston, MA:
Houghton Mifflin.
Whitley, B. E., Jr., & Kite, M. E. (2012). Principles of Research in Behavioral Science (3rd ed.).
New York: Routledge.
Experimental Methods:
Martin, D. W. (2008). Doing Psychology Experiments (7th ed.). Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth/Cengage.
Sani, F., & Todman, J. (2006). Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology: A First
Course. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers.
Research in Social Psychology:
Cozby, P. C. (2007). Methods in Behavioral Research (9th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Dunn, D. S. (2009). Research Methods for Social Psychology. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
Harman, J. J., & Lehmiller, J. J. (2012). A Social Psychology Research Experience. San Diego, CA:
Cognella.
Hoyle, R. H., Harris, M. J., & Judd, C M. (2002). Research Methods in Social Relations (7th ed.).
Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth.
Milgram, S. [Blass, T. (Ed.)] (2010). The Individual in a Social World: Essays and
Experiments (3rd expanded ed.). London: Pinter & Martin.
Literature Searches and Reviews:
Fink, A. (2009). Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From the Internet to Paper (3rd ed.).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Hart, C. (2001). Doing a Literature Search: A Comprehensive Guide for the Social Sciences.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Surveys and Questionnaires:
Alreck, P. L., & Settle, R. B. (2004). The Survey Research Handbook (3rd ed.). Boston: McGrawHill/Irwin.
Bradburn, N. M., Sudman, S., & Wansink, B. (2004). Asking Questions: The Definitive Guide to
Questionnaire Design -- For Market Research, Political Polls, and Social and Health
Questionnaires (rev. ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Czaja, R., & Blair, J. (2005). Designing Surveys: A Guide to Decisions and Procedures (2nd. ed.).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
Dillman, D. A. (2007). Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method (2nd ed.). New
York: Wiley.
Tourangeau, R., Rips, L. J., & Rasinski, K. (2000). The Psychology of Survey Response. New York:
Cambridge University Press.
Interviews and Focus Groups:
Krueger, R. A., & Casey, M. A. (2000). Focus Groups: A Practical Guide for Applied
Research (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Rubin, H. J., & Rubin. I. S. (2005). Qualitative Interviewing: The Art of Hearing Data (2nd ed.).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Seidman, I. (2006). Interviewing As Qualitative Research: A Guide for Researchers in
Education and the Social Sciences (3rd ed.). New York: Teachers College Press.
Internet-Based Research:
Best, S. J., & Krueger, B. S. (2004). Internet Data Collection. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications
Birnbaum, M. H. (2000). Introduction to Behavioral Research on the Internet. Upper Saddle
River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Birnbaum, M. H. (Ed.). (2000). Psychological Experiments on the Internet. San Diego, CA:
Academic Press.
Fraley, R. C. (2004). How to Conduct Behavioral Research over the Internet: A Beginner's
Guide to HTML and CGI/Perl. New York: Guilford Press.
Hewson, C., Yule, P., Laurent, D., & Vogel, C. (2003). Internet Research Methods: A Practical
Guide for the Social and Behavioural Sciences. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Schonlau, M., Fricker, R. D., Jr., & Elliott, M. N. (2002). Conducting Research Surveys Via E-Mail
and the Web. Santa Monica, CA: Rand.
Qualitative Research:
Berg, B. L. (2008). Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences (7th ed.). Boston: Allyn
and Bacon.
Camic, P. M., Rhodes, J. E., & Yardley, L. (Eds.). (2003). Qualitative Research in Psychology:
Expanding Perspectives in Methodology and Design. Washington, DC: American Psychological
Association.
Flick, U. (2009). An Introduction to Qualitative Research (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Pub.
Glesne, C. (2010). Becoming Qualitative Researchers: An Introduction (4th ed.). Englewood
Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Hill, C. E. (Ed.). (2012). Consensual Qualitative Research: A Practical Resource for
Investigating Social Science Phenomena. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Maxwell, J. A. (2005). Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach (2nd ed.). London:
Sage Publications.
Patton, M. Q. (2002). Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Publications.
Silverman, D. (2009). Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook (3rd ed.). Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Strauss, A. L., & Corbin, J. M. (2007). Basics of Qualitative Research: Techniques and
Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Other Methodology Textbooks:
Clark-Carter, D. (2009). Quantitative Psychological Research: The Complete Student's
Companion (3rd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press. .
Dinella, L. M. (Ed.). (2009). Conducting Science-Based Psychology Research in Schools.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Fetterman, D. M. (2009). Ethnography: Step by Step (3rd ed.). London: Sage Publications.
Jorgensen, D. L. (1989). Participant Observation: A Methodology for Human Studies. London:
Sage Publications.
Wikipedia. Participatory Action Research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_action_research#References
RESEARCH ETHICS
Studies on Humans:
Buchanan, D., Fisher, C. B., & Gable, L. (Eds.). (2009). Research With High-Risk Populations:
Balancing Science, Ethics, and Law. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Hover-Kramer, D. (2011). Creating Healing Relationships: professional standards for energy therapy
practitioners. Santa Rosa, CA: Energy Psychology Press.
Coleman, C. H., Menikoff, J. H., Goldner, J. A., & Dubler, N. N. (2005). The Ethics and Regulation of
Research with Human Subjects. Newark, NJ: LexisNexis.
Farrell, A. (2005). Ethical Research With Children. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.
Feinstein, D. with Eden, D. Ethics Handbook for Energy Healing Practitioners.(2011). Fulton, CA:
Energy Psychology Press.
Sales, B. D., & Folkman, S. (Eds.). (2000). Ethics in Research With Human Participants.
Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Studies on Nonhuman Animals:
Akins, C. K., Panicker, S., & Cunningham, C. L. (Eds.). (2004). Laboratory Animals in Research and
Teaching: Ethics, Care, and Methods. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Orlans, F. B., Beauchamp, T. L., Dresser, R., Morton, D. B., & Gluck, J. P. (2008). The Human Use of
Animals: Case Studies in Ethical Choice (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
Other Research Ethics Textbooks:
Bersoff, D. N. (Ed.). (2008). Ethical Conflicts in Psychology (4th ed.). Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association.
Francis, R. (2009). Ethics for Psychologists (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell.
DATA ANALYSIS
Introductory Statistics:
Gravetter, F. J., & Wallnau, L. B. (2011). Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (7th
ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth.
Heiman, G. W. (2011). Basic Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (6th ed.). Boston, MA:
Houghton Mifflin/Cengage Learning.
Howell, D. C. (2010). Statistical Methods for Psychology (7th ed.). Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
King, B. M., Rosopa, P. J., & Minium, E. W. (2010). Statistical Reasoning in the Behavioral
Sciences (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Morgan, G. A., Leech, N. L., Gloeckner, G. W., & Barrett, K. C. (2012). IBM SPSS for Introductory
Statistics: Use and Interpretation(5th ed.). New York: Routledge Academic.
Sprinthall, R. C. (2007). Basic Statistical Analysis (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Urdan, T. C. (2010). Statistics in Plain English (3rd ed.). New York: Routledge Academic.
Warner, R. M. (2007). Applied Statistics: From Bivariate Through Multivariate Techniques.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Welkowitz, J., Cohen, B. H., & Ewen, R. B. (2007). Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral
Sciences (6th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Witte, R. S., & Witte, J. S. (2009). Statistics (9th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Statistics for Non-Quantitative Readers:
Caldwell, S. (2010). Statistics Unplugged (3rd ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
Kranzler, G., Moursund, J., & Kranzler, J. H. (2007). Statistics for the Terrified (4th ed.). Englewood
Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Salkind, N. J. (2010). Statistics For People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics (4th ed.). Thousand
Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Silverthorne, C. (2007). Common Sense Statistics (5th ed.). Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill.
Meta-Analysis:
Hunter, J. E., & Schmidt, F. L. (2004). Methods of Meta-Analysis: Correcting Error and Bias in
Research Findings (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Lipsey, M. W., & Wilson, D. B. (2001). Practical Meta-Analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications.
Schulze, R. (2004). Meta-Analysis: A Comparison of Approaches. Toronto: Hogrefe & Huber.
Qualitative Data Analysis:
Auerbach, C. F., & Silverstein, L. B. (2003). Qualitative Data: An Introduction to Coding and
Analysis. New York: New York University Press.
Silverman, D. (2006). Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analyzing Talk, Text and
Interaction (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications..