Research methods in psychology : evaluating a world of information /: evaluating a world of information. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Beth Morling.
• Authors: Morling, Beth
• Contents: 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 -- Research foundations for any claim -- Ethical guidelines for psychology research -- Identifying good measurement -- Tools for evaluating frequency claims -- Surveys and observations : describing what people do -- Sampling : estimating the frequency of behaviors and beliefs -- 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 -- Replication, generalization, and the real world -- Appendix A: Random numbers and how to use them -- Appendix B: Statistical tables -- Glossary -- References.
• Edition: Third edition, international student edition
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (656 pages)
• Subjects: 150.72; Psychology -- Research -- Methodology -- Textbooks; Psychology, Experimental -- Textbooks; Psychology, Experimental; Psychology -- Research -- Methodology; Textbooks
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780393644562; 0393644561
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