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020			_a9780393936933 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dEG-ScBUE
082	0	4	_a150.72 _222 _bMOR
100	1		_aMorling, Beth. _938058
245	1	0	_aResearch methods in psychology : _bevaluating a world of information / _cBeth Morling.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aNew York ; _aLondon : _bW. W. Norton & Company, _cc.2015.
300			_axxxi, 604 p. : _bill. (col.) ; _c24 cm.
500			_aGlossary : p. 547-556.
500			_aIndex : p. 591-604.
504			_aBibliography : p. 571-590.
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. _2BUEsh
650		0	_aPsychology, Experimental _vTextbooks. _2BUEsh
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653			_bBUSADM _cMay2015
655			_vreading book _934232
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