Critical thinking about research : psychology and related fields /

"Could the research you read be fundamentally flawed? Could crucial effects in methodology slip by you undetected? To become an informed, interactive consumer of research, you may need an attitude adjustment: from acceptance to inquiry, from reverence to skepticism. Critical Thinking About Rese...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Meltzoff, Julian (Autor), Cooper, Harris M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [2018]
Edición:Second edition.
Temas:
Psychology > Research.
Social sciences > Research.
Psychiatry > Research.
Psychology.
Research.
Social sciences.
Psychiatry
Psychology
Research
Social Sciences
Psychologie > Recherche.
Sciences sociales > Recherche.
Psychiatrie > Recherche.
Psychologie.
Recherche.
Sciences sociales.
psychology.
research (function)
social sciences.
PSYCHOLOGY > Reference.
PSYCHOLOGY > Research & Methodology.
Social sciences
Psychiatry > Research
Psychology > Research
Social sciences > Research
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / Andrew N. Meltzoff
  • Preface to the second edition
  • Preface to the first edition
  • Introduction
  • Principles of critical thinking
  • Seeking trustworthy knowledge
  • Research questions and hypotheses
  • Research variables and strategies
  • The sample
  • Confounding variables and their control
  • Research designs and threats to internal validity
  • Manipulation and measurement validity
  • Data analysis
  • Inferences, conclusions, and the research report
  • Research synthesis and meta-analysis
  • Research ethics
  • Critical thinking using practice articles
  • Epilogue.

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