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Conducting research in psychology : measuring the weight of smoke / Brett W. Pelham and Hart Blanton

By: Pelham, Brett W [author]Contributor(s): Blanton, Heart [co-author]Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Belmont, CA : Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2013Edition: 4th EditionDescription: xviii, 489 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN: 9780495598190Subject(s): PSYCHOLOGY -- RESEARCH -- METHODOLOGY | RESEARCH, EXPERIMENTALLOC classification: BF 76.5 .P35 2013 c.1

Contents:

1. How Do We Know? 2. How Do We Find Out? The Logic, Art, and Ethics of Scientific Discovery. 3. Moving from Fact to Truth: Validity, Reliability, and Measurement. 4. Moving from Notions to Numbers: Psychological Measurement. 5. How Do We Misinterpret? Common Threats to Validity. 6. Nonexperimental Research Designs. 7. Experience Carefully Planned: Experimental Research Designs. 8. Experience Carefully Exploited: Quasi-Experimental Research Designs. 9. Choosing the Right Research Design. 10. A Brief Course in Statistics. 11. Telling the World About It. 12. Putting It All Together: Maximizing Validity with Multi-Method (and Highly Creative) Research. 13. Putting Your Knowledge to Work

Summary: Includes hands-on activities that involve learning by doing, methodology exercises that encourage students to use their intuition to understand research methods, and methodology problems that teach students to apply basic research principles to novel problems.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	LRC - Annex	National University - Manila	Psychology	General Circulation	GC BF 76.5 .P35 2013 c.1 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000009895
Books	LRC - Annex	National University - Manila	Psychology	General Circulation	GC BF 76.5 .P35 2013 c.2 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	c.2	Available		NULIB000009896

Includes references and index.

Includes hands-on activities that involve learning by doing, methodology exercises that encourage students to use their intuition to understand research methods, and methodology problems that teach students to apply basic research principles to novel problems.

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