Conducting research in psychology : measuring the weight of smoke /
Pelham, Brett W.
Conducting research in psychology : measuring the weight of smoke / Brett W. Pelham and Hart Blanton - 4th Edition - Belmont, California : Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, c2013 - xviii, 489 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
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
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.
9780495598190
PSYCHOLOGY -- RESEARCH -- METHODOLOGY
BF 76.5 .P35 2013
Conducting research in psychology : measuring the weight of smoke / Brett W. Pelham and Hart Blanton - 4th Edition - Belmont, California : Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, c2013 - xviii, 489 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
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
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.
9780495598190
PSYCHOLOGY -- RESEARCH -- METHODOLOGY
BF 76.5 .P35 2013