Research methods in psychology
Subtitle: evaluating a world of information
By: by Beth Morling
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780393935462
Subjects: Textbooks; Methodology; Psychology; Experimental Psychology; Research
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to scientific reasoning; title: Psychology is a way of thinking; title: Sources of information : evaluating, finding, and reading information; title: Three claims, four validities : interrogation tools for consumers of research; title: Research foundations for any claim; title: Ethical guidelines for psychology research; title: Identifying good measurement; title: Tools for evaluating frequency claims; title: Describing what people do : surveys, observations, and sampling; title: Tools for evaluating association claims; title: Bivariate correlational research; title: Multivariate correlational research; title: Tools for evaluating causal claims; title: Introduction to simple experiments; title: More on experiments : confounding and obscuring variables; title: Experiments with more than one independent variable; title: Balancing research priorities; title: Quasi-experiments and small-N designs; title: Replicability, generalization, and the "real world"; title: Appendices; title: Appendix A: Overview of descriptive statistics; title: Appendix B: Inferential statistics; title: Appendix C: APA style research reports, sample paper (volume 6); title: Appendix D: Random numbers and how to use them; title: Appendix E: areas under the normal curve; title: Appendix F: Critical values of t; title: Appendix G: Critical values of F; title: Appendix H: r to z conversion.