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050			_aBF 76.5 .P35 2013
100			_aPelham, Brett W. _eauthor
245		0	_aConducting research in psychology : _bmeasuring the weight of smoke / _cBrett W. Pelham and Hart Blanton
250			_a4th Edition
260			_aBelmont, California : _bWadsworth, Cengage Learning, _cc2013
300			_axviii, 489 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
365			_bUSD146.59
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505			_a1. 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
520			_aIncludes 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.
650			_aPSYCHOLOGY -- RESEARCH -- METHODOLOGY
700			_aBlanton, Heart _eco-author
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