Research methods in psychology : evaluating a world of information

Research methods in psychology : evaluating a world of information / Beth Morling, University of Delaware.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Morling, Beth (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2018]
Edition:	Third edition.
Subjects:	Psychology > Research > Methodology > Textbooks. Psychology, Experimental > Textbooks. Textbooks.

Table of 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.