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Research Methods in Psychology: Evaluating a World of Information
2014, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W., W. W. Norton & Company
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Research methods in psychology: evaluating a world of information
2012, Norton
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Table of Contents
Introduction to scientific reasoning
Psychology is a way of thinking
Sources of information : evaluating, finding, and reading information
Three claims, four validities : interrogation tools for consumers of research
Research foundations for any claim
Ethical guidelines for psychology research
Identifying good measurement
Tools for evaluating frequency claims
Describing what people do : surveys, observations, and sampling
Tools for evaluating association claims
Bivariate correlational research
Multivariate correlational research
Tools for evaluating causal claims
Introduction to simple experiments
More on experiments : confounding and obscuring variables
Experiments with more than one independent variable
Balancing research priorities
Quasi-experiments and small-N designs
Replicability, generalization, and the "real world"
Appendices
Appendix A: Overview of descriptive statistics
Appendix B: Inferential statistics
Appendix C: APA style research reports, sample paper (volume 6)
Appendix D: Random numbers and how to use them
Appendix E: areas under the normal curve
Appendix F: Critical values of t
Appendix G: Critical values of F
Appendix H: r to z conversion.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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