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008			140519s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2014016570
020			_a9780393936933 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aBF76.5 _b.M667 2015
082	0	0	_a150.72/1 _223
100	1		_aMorling, Beth.
245	1	0	_aResearch methods in psychology : _bevaluating a world of information / _cBeth Morling, University of Delaware.
250			_aSecond Edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bW. W. Norton & Company, _c[2015]
300			_axxxi, 604 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	0		_aIntroduction to scientific reasoning -- Psychology is a way of thinking -- Sources of information : why research is best and how to find it -- Three claims, four validities : interrogation tools for consumers of research -- Research foundations for any claim -- Ethical guidelines for psychology research -- Identifying good measurement -- Tools for evaluating frequency claims -- Surveys and observations : describing what people do -- Sampling : estimating the frequency of behaviors and beliefs -- Tools for evaluating association claims -- Bivariate correlational research -- Multivariate correlational research -- Tools for evaluating causal claims -- Introduction to simple experiments -- More on experiments : confounding and obscuring variables -- Experiments with more than one independent variable -- Balancing research priorities -- Quasi-experiments and small-n designs -- Replicability, generalization, and the real world -- References -- Credits -- Name index -- Subject index.
650		0	_aPsychology _xResearch _xMethodology _vTextbooks.
650		0	_aPsychology, Experimental _vTextbooks.
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