Title Researching daily life : a guide to experience sampling and daily diary methods / by Paul J. Silvia and Katherine N. Cotter

Published Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 165 pages) : illustrations Contents What are Daily Life Methods? -- Choosing a Sampling Design -- Designing Self-Report Surveys -- Selecting a System for Signals and Surveys -- Collecting Data -- Cleaning and Processing Your Data -- Analyzing Daily Life Data -- Presenting and Publishing Your Research Summary "A step-by-step guide to researching what people do in their everyday lives. This practical, beginner-friendly book teaches readers how to do daily life research, which is the study of what people do in their ordinary environments in their everyday lives. The basic approach is to collect data intensively over time, at least once a day for many days, in people's natural environments rather than in research labs. Common methods include daily diaries, experience sampling, and ecological momentary assessment. Collectively, these methods trade off the control and precision of the lab for the texture, depth, and realism of the real world. The book walks readers through the entire process of the research project, including first selecting a design and developing survey items, then collecting and cleaning data, and finally analyzing and disseminating the findings. With example studies pulled from all areas of psychology, the book will provide students with the conceptual foundation and practical knowledge needed to examine psychological processes "up close" in ways that experimental and survey methods can't"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 13, 2021) Subject Experiential research -- Methodology Human behavior -- Research -- Methodology Psychology -- Research -- Methodology. Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology Research. Psychology -- methods Research research (function) PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology Research Psychology -- Research -- Methodology Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology Form Electronic book Author Cotter, Katherine N., author LC no. 2020039244 ISBN 1433835622 9781433835629

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