Research Methods in Psychology: Evaluating a World of Information 3rd Edition by Beth Morling (eBook PDF) (eBook PDF)

Research Methods in Psychology: Evaluating a World of Information 3rd Edition by Beth Morling (eBook PDF) (eBook PDF) – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download

Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393617548
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393617542
• Author: Beth Morling

“Drawing on examples from popular media and journals, author Beth Morling inspires a love of her subject by emphasizing its relevance. Yes, students learn how to design research studies but they also see the value of evaluating research claims they encounter in daily life. The Third Edition builds on this successful foundation by providing new ways for students to practice what they learn. New Working It Through examples provide a step-by-step method for evaluating claims start-to-finish, and a new adaptive learning tool, InQuizitive, enables students to practice what they’ve learned and strengthen their comprehension.”– Provided by publisher

Table contents:

1. Introduction to scientific reasoning
2. Psychology is a way of thinking
3. Sources of information : why research is best and how to find it
4. Three claims, four validities : interrogation tools for consumers of research
5. Research foundations for any claim
6. Ethical guidelines for psychology research
7. Identifying good measurement
8. Tools for evaluating frequency claims
9. Surveys and observations : describing what people do
10. Sampling : estimating the frequency of behaviors and beliefs
11. Tools for evaluating association claims
12. Bivariate correlational research
13. Multivariate correlational research
14. Tools for evaluating causal claims
15. Introduction to simple experiments
16. More on experiments : confounding and obscuring variables
17. Experiments with more than one independent variable
18. Balancing research priorities
19. Quasi-experiments and small-n designs
20. Replication, generalization, and the real world

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