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050	0	0	_aBF76.5 _b.M667 2012
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100	1		_aMorling, Beth.
245	1	0	_aResearch methods in psychology : _bevaluating a world of information / _cby Beth Morling.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bNorton, _cc2012.
300			_axxiii, 403, A163 p. : _bill. (some col.) ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction to scientific reasoning -- Psychology is a way of thinking -- Sources of information : evaluating, finding, and reading information -- 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 -- Describing what people do : surveys, observations, and sampling -- 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" -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Overview of descriptive statistics -- Appendix B: Inferential statistics -- Appendix C: APA style research reports, sample paper (volume 6) -- Appendix D: Random numbers and how to use them -- Appendix E: areas under the normal curve -- Appendix F: Critical values of t -- Appendix G: Critical values of F -- Appendix H: r to z conversion.
650		0	_aPsychology _xResearch _xMethodology _vTextbooks.
650		0	_aPsychology, Experimental _vTextbooks.
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