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W W NORTON AND COMPANY Research Methods in Psychology 2/e by Beth Morling
This market-leading text emphasises future consumers of psychological research, uses real-world examples drawn from popular media and develops students' critical-thinking skills as they become systematic interrogators of information in their everyday lives. Ch. 1: Psychology is a Way of ThinkingCh. 2: Sources of Information: Why Research Is Best and How to Find ItCh. 3: Three Claims, Four Validities: Interrogation Tools for Consumers of ResearchCh. 4: Ethical Guidelines for Psychology ResearchCh. 5: Identifying Good MeasurementCh. 6: Surveys and Observations: Describing What People DoCh. 7: Sampling: Estimating the Frequency of Behaviors and BeliefsCh. 8: Bivariate Correlational ResearchCh. 9: Multivariate Correlational ResearchCh. 10: Introduction to Simple ExperimentsCh. 11: More on Experiments: Confounding and Obscuring VariablesCh. 12: Experiments with More than One Independent VariableCh. 13: Quasi-Experiments and Small-N DesignsCh. 14: Replicability, Generalization, And The "Real World"Statistics Review: Descriptive Statistics Statistics Review: Inferential Statistics Presenting Results: APA-Style Research Reports and Poster PresentationsAppendix A: Random Numbers and How to Use Them Appendix B: Statistical Tables