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OBJECTIVE

To identify the research approach and methods that is often used in

psychological researches.

PROCEDURE

Forty research studies from psychology journals were examined.

DATA TABLE

The following table shows the signicant details of the 40 research studies

that were analysed.

S.No

Author(s)

Name

Title othe

Resear

!h

Stu"#

Jour$al

Name%

Volum

e &

Pa'e

No.

earo

Pul

i!*

atio

$

Sam+leSi,e &

Sam+li$'

-rame

etho"olo'#

Use"

/0ua$tit

ati1e20u

alitati1e

2

i3e"4

Treatme$t o

the

Data

1. Catalina

. Tomaand

!e"rey T.

#ancoc$

%elf&

'(rmation

)nderli

es

Facebo

o$ )se

*erson

alityand

%ocial

*sycho

logy

+ulleti

n, -ol.

/,

1&

1

!anu

ary01

)ndergrad

uatestudents

of a orth&

eastern

)ni2ersity.

*urposi2e

sampling

3uantitat

i2e using

5uestionn

aire and

a rating

scale.

6ean,

%.7.%tudy 1

'8-',

%tudy

Chi&

%5uare,

inear

model

'nalysi

s. %tephan

ie '.

9a:anas

, 9endra

6. -an

-al$enb

urg, and

!eanette

'ltarriba

%ur2i2a

l

*rocess

ing and

the

%troop

Tas$;

7oes

the%ur2i2a

!ournal

of

10

)ndergrad

uate

students at

)ni2ersity

at

'lbany.

?andom

%ampling.

3uantitat

i2e >

experime

ntal

condition

s.

6ean,

%.7 ,

8ne

way

'8-'


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l

'd2ant

age

7epend

on7eeper

*rocess

ing

7uring


3/18

of

+otswa

na

'dults

>. #arold*ashler

and

ing&po

%hiu

7oimages

in2olun

tarily

trigger

search@

' test

of

*illsbur

yHs

hypoth

esis

*sycho

nomic

+ulleti

n and

?e2iew

, -ol.

,44>&

44=

1/// )ndergraduate

students

)ni2ersity

of

California.

?andom

sampling

3uantitati2e

' 2isual

cue

followed

by a

2isual

presentat

ion and

target

identica

tion tas$.

*ercentage, t&

test,

'8-'

. %arah

Iomillio

n, %hira

Iabriel

and

%andra

.6urray

'

Friend

of Jours

As o

Friend

of 6ine;

!ealousy

Toward

a

?omant

ic

*artnerK

s

Friends

!ournal

of

%ocial

*sycho

logical

and

*ersonality

%cienc

e, -ol.

>, &

4

!une

014

>0

undergrad

uate

students in

a romantic

relationshi

ps & atthe

)ni2ersity

at +u"alo.

*urposi2e

sampling.

3uantitat

i2e

2arious

personalit

y and

relationsh

ipmeasures

were

used.

%tudy 1

t&test

and

regress

ion

analysi

s,%tudy

&

'8-'

B. %$ott


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ty Athaca

College=. 6elanie

i&Len

ongand

'nne

Campbe

ll

Female

6ate

Choice;'

Compar

ison

+etwee

n

'ccept&

the&

+est

and

?eject&

the&

Lorst

%trategi

es

in

%e5uen

tial

7ecisio

n6a$ing

!ournal

of

14> female

participant

s aged 1= years

from

2arious

+ritish

uni2ersitie

s.

3uantitat

i2e.

*articipants were

randomly

assigned

to one of

the two

experime

ntal

condition

s.

6ean,

%.7., T&

test,6ultipl

e

regress

ion

/. 'lyson

7. 'bel M

6andy !.

6aguire

M Fi::a

6. a52i

M

'ngelaJ. 9im

exical

retrie2a

l of

nouns

and

2erbs in

a

sentence

comple

tion

tas$

!ournal

of

*sycho

linguis

tic

?esear

ch,

-ol.44,

>4>&

>>

!une

014

=

undergrad

uate

students.

?andom

%ampling.

3uantitat

i2e

%entence

completio

n tas$.

6ean,

%.7., t&

test,

'8-'

and

6ultipl

e

regression

analysi

s

10. #eidi 6.

e2itt

and

6aria ?.

Appolito

+eing

Transge

nder;

a2igat

ing

6inorit

*sycho

logy of

Lome

n

3uarte

rly,

014 1B self&

identied

transgend

er

participant

s. Eage

3ualitati2

e

Anter2iew

Iround

ed

theory

'nalysi

s
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y

%tresso

rs and

7e2elo

ping'uthent

ic

%elf&

*resent

ation

-ol.

=, 4&

4

range ;

1=

.

Theoretical

sampling.

11. ?yo

8da,

Juta

9ato,

and 9ai

#iraishi

The

Latchi

ng&


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1. 7aniel !.

8lson

The

gradien

t e"ect

of

contexton

langua

ge

switchi

ng and

lexical

access

in

bilingua

l

product

ion

'pplie

d

*sycho

linguis

tics,-ol. 0, 1

.

01> 1=

%panish

4 women

and >/

men from

California

%tate

)ni2ersity

3uantitat

i2e. The

experime

nt

consisted

of a tas$

whichincluded

humor&

style

2ignettes

and facial

stimuli.

6ean,

%.7.,

mixed

factor

'8-'.

1>. ?ebecca

?. 9ehoe

*atric$

6.

Lright

The

Ampact

of #igh&

*erform

ance

#uman

?esourc

e*ractice

!ournal

of

6anag

ement

-ol. /

o. ,

&

/1

Febr

uary

01

7ata were

collected

from

employees

in a large

food

ser2ice

organi:ation

3uantitat

i2e

6ean,

%.7.,

'8-'.


7/18

s on


8/18

ps1=. awrenc

e Aan

?eed,

*aul7eutch

man,

and

9aren .

%chmidt


9/18

to

Cogniti

2e

*role

in*ar$ins

onKs

7isease

*atients

;

*relimi

nary

8bser2

ations1. isa 6.

#agerm

oser

%anetti,

and

Florence

7.

7iIenna

ro ?eed

+arriers

to

Amplem

enting

Treatm

ent

Antegrit

y

*roced

ures in%chool

*sychol

ogy

?esearc

h;

%ur2ey

of

Treatm

ent8utcom

e

?esearc

hers

'ssess

ment

for


10/18

and

signic

ance

4

=

disorder

were

inter2iewe

d

. SaraWellenzo

hn, Ren

T. Proyer

&

Willibald

Ruch

#umor&based

online

positi2e

psychol

ogy

inter2e

ntions;

'

random

i:ed

placebo

&

controll

ed

long&

term

trial

!ournalof

*ositi2

e

*sycho

logy,

-ol.0,

10&1

01> adultsha2ing

clinical

symptoms

3uantitati2e 6ean,%.7.,

'8-'

4. aida

'gote,e$ane

'rambur

u, and

?une

ines

'uthent

iceaders

hip

*ercept

ion,

Trust in

the

eader,

and

FollowersK


11/18

, !acinda

9.

7ariotis,

*amela

.Ferguso

n, and

1//

!apanese

undergrad

uate

studentsE1

14 men

and =>

women,

fromtwo

3uantitat

i2e


12/18

uni2ersitie

s .

*urposi2e

sampling.

ntal and

a control

group.

=. %tephanie '.

?obinso

n,=&1

01 /0

participant

s. 'ge

range ; 0&

40 years.

*urposi2e

%ampling.

3uantitat

i2e

*ercent

age,

6ean,

%.7.,

'8-'


13/18

r0. 6eera

*adhy,

9a2ya

Chelli,and

?uth

'ngiel

*adiri

8ptimis

m and

*sychol

ogicalLell&

+eing

of

*olice

8(cers

Lith

7i"eren

t Lor$

, >&

01> 0 police

o(cers

EmaleG0 Q

femaleG0 from a

particular

district in

8disha,

Andia. 'ge

range &B

to >

years.

*urposi2e

sampling.

3uantitat

i2e

6ean,

%.7., t

test,

*earsonKs r,

CohenK

s d and

%imple

inear

?egres

sion

'nalysi

s

1. %. .

7ubey

Ampact

of Jogic

*ractice

s on

some

*sychol

ogical

2ariabl

esamong

'dolesc

ents

Andian

!ournal

of

Comm

unity

*sycho

logy,

-ol. B,

1&B

011 >0

adolescent

s E0 boys

and 0

girls aged

between

1 to 1=

years.

*urposi2esampling.

6ixed

method.

%tructure

d

Anter2iew

*ercent

age,

6ean,

%.7., t&

test,

content

analysi

s.

. 9ani$a

6ali$ R

a2een

Iro2er

'n

/,

0&B

014 0

EfemaleG1

=Q maleG

trainees

enrolled in

full time6*hil

Clinical

psychology

.

*urposi2e

sampling.

3ualitati2

e %emi&

structure

d

Anter2iew

Conten

t

'nalysi

s


14/18

s. 'bhay

*ratap

%ingh

' %tudy

on

8rgani:

ationalCommit

ment of

*olice

&1>

01> 40 male

police

employees

from

mothers

E0

mothers,

0

grandmoth

ers,0

fathersand 1>

grandfathe

rs

.

*urposi2e

sampling.

3ualitati2

e method

open

ended

inter2iew

Conten

t

'nalysi

s

. 'n2ar

%adath ,

7.

6uralidh

Caregi2

ing and

#elp

%ee$ing

!ournal

of

*sycho

social

014 11 carers

of patients

with F


15/18

ar ,

%hi2ara

ma

-aramb

ally ,!ustin *.

!ose ,

+. .

Iangad

har

in First

,

%pecial

Assue,1&B0.

8cto

ber,

00/

0

students

E0 males

and 0females

from a

school.

'ge range

&1> to 1B

years.

Con2enien

t sampling.

3uantitat

i2e

*ercent

age,

6ean,

%.7., t&test.

/. %. !ohn

6ichael

?a and

Cicilia

Chettiar

eed

satisfac

tion,

goal

content

and

subjecti

2e well&

Andian

!ournal

of

*ositi2

e

*sycho

logy,

-ol.,

01 100

employed

participant

s

EfemaleG4

=,

maleG>

from

3uantitat

i2e

6ean,

%.7.,'

8-'


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being. 10&1 Ioregaon,

6umbai.

*urposi2e

sampling.

40. 'mbreen

'fshan,

Aman

's$ari,

and

eister

%am

%udheer

6anic$a

m

%hyness, %elf&

Constru

al,

,

40&4=

01> ' total of00

participant

s

EmaleG100

Q

femaleG10

0 from

2e

di"erent

cultural

groups

colleges of

6ysore.

*urposi2e

sapling.

3uantitati2e 6ean,%.7. ,

'8-'

RESULTS


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Resear!h a++roa!h

3uantitati2e

3ualitati2e

6ixed

are 3uantitati2e, are 3ualitati2e and are 6ixed 6ethod.

6ean %.7. t&test '8-' ?egression

0

>

10

1>

0

>

0

Statisti!al Te!h$i5ues

%tatistical Techni5ues


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CONCLUSION

From our data analysis, we can say that 3uantitati2e method is more

often used in psychological researches. At has been used exclusi2ely in

out of 40 research studies.

The statistical techni5ues commonly used are 6ean, %.7., t&test and

'8-'.

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