Written in an accessible, student-friendly style, Andrea Spata's Research Methods makes even challenging research concepts easy to understand. Throughout the text, highly relevant examples, concise chapters that get right to the point, and the author's enthusiasm for the subject get student interested and involved in the material and help them understand the value of basic research principles and techniques.

The text first introduces students to the scientific method and the basic elements of experimental study, followed by descriptive and inferential statistics and the various types of true experiments. With this foundation in place, students then explore major non-experimental approaches and the research process - from the initial idea to writing up the research project according to APA guidelines.