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First Steps in Research and Statistics is a new, very accessible approach to learning about quantitative methods. No previous knowledge or experience is assumed and every stage of the research process is covered. Topics include: formulating your research questions, how to choose the right statistical test for your research design, important research issues, such as questionnaire design, ethics, sampling, reliability and validity, conducting simple statistics to explore relationships and differences in your data, writing statistics to explore relationships and differences in your data, writing up your research report and presenting statistics. Simple and helpful worksheets and flow diagrams guide you through the research stages. Each chapter contains exercises with answers to check whether you've understood. First Steps in Research and Statistics is essential reading for all psychology students who have to carry out practicals and projects in their course. Dennis Howitt and Duncan Cramer both teach at Loughborough University and have written several books on research and statistics.