Dyer, now a freelance writer after decades of teaching up to the postgraduate level, gives psychology students an accessible introduction to research methods and statistics by focusing on two main themes, methods and data analysis. Focusing on the practical, he covers such methods of research as interviews, surveys, sampling, questionnaires, observations and experiments, then turns to data analysis by describing qualitative and quantitative methods and inferential statistics. He also explains the ethical principles in psychological research, SPSS versions 11, 12 and 13, and the basic rules of mathematics and provides statistical tables. Throughout he includes checklists and samples and his bibliography is particularly good. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)