Research methods in psychology : evaluating a world of information / Beth Morling, University of Delaware.

Revised edition of the author's Research methods in psychology, [2015].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 589-602) and indexes.

Part I.Introduction to scientific reasoning 1.Psychology is a way of thinking 2.Sources of information: why research is best and how to find it 3.Three claims: four validities: interrogation tools for consumers of research Part II.Research foundations for any claim 4.Ethical guidelines for psychology research 5.Identifying good measurement Part III.Tools for evaluating frequency claims 6.Surveys and observations: describing what people do 7.Sampling: estimating the frequency of behaviors and beliefs Part IV.Tools for evaluating association claims 8.Bivariate correlational research 9.Multivariate correlational research Part V.Tools for evaluating causal claims 10.Introduction to simple experiments 11.More on experiments: confounding and obscuring variables 12.Experiments with more than one independent variable Part VI.Balancing research priorities 13.Quasi-experiments and small-N designs 14.Replication, generalization, and the real world