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Research Methods in Psychology: Evaluating a world of information/ By Beth Morling

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.Edition: 4th editionDescription: xxix , 643 pages. ; 25 cm. PBISBN:
  • 9781324033318
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150.72 MOR
Contents:
Part I. Introduction to scientific reasoning Psychology is a way of thinking Sources of information: Why research is best and how to find it Three claims, four validities: Interrogation tools for consumers of research Part II. Research foundations for any claim Ethical guidelines for psychology research Identifying good measurement Part III. Tools for evaluating frequency claims Surveys and observations: Describing what people do Sampling: Estimating the frequency of behaviors and beliefs Part IV. Tools for evaluating association claims Bivariate correlational research Multivariate correlational research Part V. Tools for evaluating causal claims Introduction to simple experiments More on experiments: Confounding and obscuring variables Experiments with more than one independent variable Part VI. Balancing research priorities Quasi-experiments and small-N designs Replication, transparency, and real-world importance Statistics review: Descriptive statistics Statistics review: Inferential statistics Presenting results: APA-style reports and conference posters Appendix A: Random numbers and how to use them Appendix B: Statistical tables
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Part I. Introduction to scientific reasoning
Psychology is a way of thinking
Sources of information: Why research is best and how to find it
Three claims, four validities: Interrogation tools for consumers of research
Part II. Research foundations for any claim
Ethical guidelines for psychology research
Identifying good measurement
Part III. Tools for evaluating frequency claims
Surveys and observations: Describing what people do
Sampling: Estimating the frequency of behaviors and beliefs
Part IV. Tools for evaluating association claims
Bivariate correlational research
Multivariate correlational research
Part V. Tools for evaluating causal claims
Introduction to simple experiments
More on experiments: Confounding and obscuring variables
Experiments with more than one independent variable
Part VI. Balancing research priorities
Quasi-experiments and small-N designs
Replication, transparency, and real-world importance
Statistics review: Descriptive statistics
Statistics review: Inferential statistics
Presenting results: APA-style reports and conference posters
Appendix A: Random numbers and how to use them
Appendix B: Statistical tables

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