Afflictions - Psych. The study participants , the methods used and the conclusions are all discussed. In addition the research methods are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists two sources. This 5 page report discusses an article in the 1994 Annual Review of Psychology titled Cognitive approaches to emotion and emotional disorders in terms of its validity as a research report, the various methods employed, and the readers overall impression of the report.
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A 6 page review of this 1990 article by Jacob Cohen. The author devotes this article to the discussion of the application of statistics to psychology and other sociobiomedical sciences, noting what he believes is sound in the process and most specially noting what he believes is not. The article should be required reading for everyone who finds themselves conducting the types of research that rely so heavily on statistical analysis in order to form their conclusions. Particularly suspect is the reliance on the statistical significance of the null hypothesis. Bibliography lists 1 source.