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Research Methods in Psychology (Record no. 19814)

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control field OTLid0000431
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control field MnU
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE
Original cataloging agency MnU
Language of cataloging eng
Transcribing agency MnU
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number H1
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number BF121
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Jhangiani, Rajiv S.
Relator term author
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Research Methods in Psychology
Statement of responsibility, etc. Rajiv Jhangiani
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 2nd Canadian Edition
264 #2 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Open Textbook Library
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer BCcampus
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource
490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Open textbook library.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Chapter 1: The Science of Psychology -- Understanding Science -- Scientific Research in Psychology -- Science and Common Sense -- Science and Clinical Practice -- Chapter 2: Getting Started in Research -- Basic Concepts -- Generating Good Research Questions -- Reviewing the Research Literature -- Chapter 3: Research Ethics -- Moral Foundations of Ethical Research -- From Moral Principles to Ethics Codes -- Putting Ethics Into Practice -- Chapter 4: Theory in Psychology -- Phenomena and Theories -- The Variety of Theories in Psychology -- Using Theories in Psychological Research -- Chapter 5: Psychological Measurement -- Understanding Psychological Measurement -- Reliability and Validity of Measurement -- Practical Strategies for Psychological Measurement -- Chapter 6: Experimental Research -- Experiment Basics -- Experimental Design -- Conducting Experiments -- Chapter 7: Nonexperimental Research -- Overview of Nonexperimental Research -- Correlational Research -- Quasi-Experimental Research -- Qualitative Research -- Chapter 8: Complex Research Designs -- Multiple Dependent Variables -- Multiple Independent Variables -- Complex Correlational Designs -- Chapter 9: Survey Research -- Overview of Survey Research -- Constructing Survey Questionnaires -- Conducting Surveys -- Chapter 10: Single-Subject Research -- Overview of Single-Subject Research -- Single-Subject Research Designs -- The Single-Subject Versus Group "Debate" -- Chapter 11: Presenting Your Research -- American Psychological Association (APA) Style -- Writing a Research Report in American Psychological Association (APA) Style -- Other Presentation Formats -- Chapter 12: Descriptive Statistics -- Describing Single Variables -- Describing Statistical Relationships -- Expressing Your Results -- Conducting Your Analyses -- Chapter 13: Inferential Statistics -- Understanding Null Hypothesis Testing -- Some Basic Null Hypothesis Tests -- Additional Considerations -- From the "Replicability Crisis" to Open Science Practices
520 0# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. The present adaptation constitutes the second Canadian edition and was co-authored by Rajiv S. Jhangiani (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) and I-Chant A. Chiang (Quest University Canada) and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Revisions include the following: Chapter 1: Added a description of the "Many Labs Replication Project," added a reference to the Neurobonkers website, and embedded videos about open access publishing, driver distraction, two types of empirical studies, and the use of evidence to evaluate the world around us.Chapter 2: Updated the exemplar study in the chapter overview, added relevant examples and descriptions of contemporary studies, provided a link to an interactive visualization for correlations, added a description of double-blind peer review, added a figure to illustrate a spurious correlation, and embedded videos about how to develop a good research topic, searching the PsycINFO database, using Google Scholar, and how to read an academic paper.Chapter 3: Added in LaCour ethical violation. Revised chapter headings and order to reflect TCPS-2 moral principles.Chapter 4: Added in difference between laws and effects and theoretical framework.Chapter 5: Added fuller descriptions of the levels of measurement, added a table to summarize the levels of measurement, added a fuller description of the MMPI, removed the discussion of the IAT, and added descriptions of concurrent, predictive, and convergent validity.Chapter 6: Added in construct validity, statistical validity, mundane realism, psychological realism, Latin Square Design. Updated references.Chapter 7: Added in mixed-design studies and fuller discussion of qualitative-quantitative debate.Chapter 8: Added an exercise to sketch the 8 possible results of a 2 x 2 factorial experiment.Chapter 9: Added information about Canadian Election Studies, more references, specific guidelines about order and open-ended questions, and rating scale. Updated online survey creation sites.Chapter 11: Updated examples and links to online resources.Chapter 13: Added discussion of p-curve and BASP announcement about banning p-values. Added a section that introduces the "replicability crisis" in psychology, along with discussions of questionable research practices, best practices in research design and data management, and the emergence of open science practices and Transparency and Openness Promotion guidelines. Glossary of key terms: Added. In addition, throughout the textbook, we revised the language to be more precise and to improve flow, added links to other chapters, added images, updated hyperlinks, corrected spelling and formatting errors, and changed references to reflect the contemporary Canadian context.
542 1# - INFORMATION RELATING TO COPYRIGHT STATUS
Copyright statement Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE
Language note In English.
588 0# - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE
Source of description note Description based on print resource
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Social sciences
Form subdivision Textbooks
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Psychology
Form subdivision Textbooks
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Chiang, I-Chant A.
Relator term author
710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME
Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element Open Textbook Library
Relator term distributor
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/431">https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/431</a>
Public note Access online version
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          Digital Library Online Access 05.11.2020   H1 05.11.2020 https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/431 05.11.2020 eBook

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