Critical thinking about research
Subtitle: psychology and related fields
By: Julian Meltzoff.
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Psychology -- Research; Social sciences -- Research; Psychiatry -- Research
Description: Could the research you read be fundamentally flawed? Could crucial defects in methodology slip by you undetected? To become an informed, interactive consumer of research, you may need an attitude adjustment: from acceptance to inquiry, from reverence to skepticism. Critical Thinking About Research: Psychology and Related Fields equips you with those tools needed to identify errors in others' research and to reduce them to a minimum in your own work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.