Research methods in psychology : evaluating a world of information / Beth Morling

CONTENTS

Part I: Introduction to scientific reasoning.
Chapter 1 Psychology is a way of thinking
Chapter 2 Sources of information: why research is best and how to find it
Chapter 3 Three claims, four validities: interrogation tools for consumers of research

Part II: Research foundations for any claim.
Chapter 4 Ethical guidelines for psychology research
Chapter 5 Identifying good measurement

Part III: Tools for evaluating frequency claims.
Chapter 6 Surveys and observations: describing what people do
Chapter 7 Sampling: estimating the frequency of behaviors and beliefs

Part IV: Tools for evaluating association claims.
Chapter 8 Bivariate correlational research
Chapter 9. Multivariate correlational research

Part V: Tools for evaluating causal claims.
Chapter 10 Introduction to simple experiments
Chapter 11 More on experiments: confounding and obscuring variables
Chapter 12 Experiments with more than one independent variable

Part VI: Balancing research priorities.
Chapter 13 Quasi-experiments and small-N designs
Chapter 14 Replicability, generalization, and the real world.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes