Conducting research in psychology : measuring the weight of smoke / Brett W. Pelham, Hart Blanton
Imprint
Belmont, CA : Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, c2013
Edition
4th ed.
Descript
xviii, 489 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
How do we know? -- How do we find out? the logic, art, and ethics of scientific discovery -- Moving from fact to truth: validity, reliability, and measurement -- Moving from notions to numbers: psychological measurement -- How do we misinterpret? common threats to validity -- Nonexperimental research designs -- Experience carefully planned: experimental research design -- Experience carefully exploited: quasi-experimental research designs -- Choosing the right research design -- A brief course in statistics -- Putting it all together: maximizing validity with multi-method (and highly creative) -- Telling the world about it -- Putting your knowledge to work: 20 methodology problems