Conducting research in psychology : measuring the weight of smoke / Brett W. Pelham, Hart Blanton.
Material type: TextPublisher: Australia ; Belmont, CA : Thomson/Wadsworth, c2003Edition: 2nd edDescription: xviii, 411 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0534520936Subject(s): Psychology -- Research -- Methodology | Psychology, ExperimentalDDC classification: 150/.7/2 LOC classification: BF76.5.P34Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY General Stacks | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | BF76.5.P34 (Browse shelf) | 1 | Available | 123/11 | |
Books | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY General Stacks | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | BF76.5.P341 (Browse shelf) | 2 | Available | 124/11 | |
Books | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY General Stacks | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | BF76.5.P342 (Browse shelf) | 3 | Available | 125/11 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-401) and indexes.
Contents: How do we know? -- How do we find out? -- Moving from fact to truth: Validity, reality, and measurement -- How do we misinterpret? Common threats to validity -- Nonexperimental research designs -- Experience carefully planned: Experimental research designs -- Experience carefully exploited: Quasi-experimental research designs -- Research design -- Being a successful researcher -- A Brief course in statistics -- Telling the world about it -- How to describe the results of statistical analyses -- Putting your knowledge to work: 20 Methodology problems -- Appendix
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