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Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods [with MySearchLab & eText Access Code]
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"Personalize Learning "- MySearchLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.
"Improve Critical Thinking -- "New up-to-date Behavioral Research Case Studies help students apply research to practice.
"Engage Students -- "The text is designed to make research methods understandable, useful, and interesting for students.
"Explore Research -- "Real research, tidbits about the lives of famous researchers, and intriguing controversies that have arisen in behavioral science are included. A lab manual in MySearchLab helps engage students in the research process.
"Support Instructors --" MyTest, PowerPoints, and an instructor's manual offer additional support for instructors.
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448 pages, Hardcover
First published October 28, 1990
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October 21, 2024Heb dit boek eigenlijk niet echt gelezen, naast een paar hoofdstukken hier en daar..
Anyways, over 2 uurtjes examen, wish me luck 🤞🏼
Anyways, over 2 uurtjes examen, wish me luck 🤞🏼
October 11, 2024
Very interesting.
November 6, 2019
is, just as the title says, fit as a basic introductory textbook on experimental psychology. The text is horrendously dry, the formatting uninspired to say the least, but the content of the book is informative, and does put some effort in engaging his reader by giving many real life examples to go along with the dryness of his written word.
This book has undergraduate level chapters on research in behavioural sciences, variability, measurement of behaviour, approaches to psychological measurement, descriptive research, correlational research, advanced correlational strategies, issues in experimental research, experimental design, analysing experimental data, analysing complex designs, quasi-experimental designs, single-case research, ethical issues, and scientific writing. Chapters also include lists with key terms, and chapter summaries.
It gives a clear and straightforward overview of everything a student new to behavioural research must know about the ways in which experimental research is usually conducted, and it also provides the reader with some discussion points (ethical issues), and tips (scientific writing). Though mostly just text, this book does touch upon statistics, although it provides a more verbal, conceptual understanding of them than a mathematical, formulaic one.
This is a good book to start with when first encountering behavioural research, but it’s only useful at the very start of an academic career. Of course, it can be used as reference, but it’s not detailed enough to last long as more advanced statistical and/or research methods courses follow. However, there’s nothing inherently wrong with this, as this is exactly as the author apparently intended, made even more evident by the end chapter on scientific writing.
If you can withstand the dryness of the text, are just starting your academic career and this is relevant for you in some way, then I can recommend it as a basic yet informative introductory to behavioural research methods.
This book has undergraduate level chapters on research in behavioural sciences, variability, measurement of behaviour, approaches to psychological measurement, descriptive research, correlational research, advanced correlational strategies, issues in experimental research, experimental design, analysing experimental data, analysing complex designs, quasi-experimental designs, single-case research, ethical issues, and scientific writing. Chapters also include lists with key terms, and chapter summaries.
It gives a clear and straightforward overview of everything a student new to behavioural research must know about the ways in which experimental research is usually conducted, and it also provides the reader with some discussion points (ethical issues), and tips (scientific writing). Though mostly just text, this book does touch upon statistics, although it provides a more verbal, conceptual understanding of them than a mathematical, formulaic one.
This is a good book to start with when first encountering behavioural research, but it’s only useful at the very start of an academic career. Of course, it can be used as reference, but it’s not detailed enough to last long as more advanced statistical and/or research methods courses follow. However, there’s nothing inherently wrong with this, as this is exactly as the author apparently intended, made even more evident by the end chapter on scientific writing.
If you can withstand the dryness of the text, are just starting your academic career and this is relevant for you in some way, then I can recommend it as a basic yet informative introductory to behavioural research methods.
March 9, 2008
Read it in college. Not too bad. Pretty technical though.
April 29, 2012
Fairly light read for a textbook. Interesting examples of real studies are used to show examples of the different kinds of experiments that are being talked about.
February 19, 2014
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