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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 Research: Psychology and Related Fields equips you with those tools needed to identify errors in others' research and to reduce the m to a minimum in your own work.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Research Information for Students,
By Chava79 (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Critical Thinking About Research: Psychology and Related Fields (Paperback)
If you want to learn to think critically about doing research and evaluating the research of others, this is a very useful book to read. It has many "research articles" (made up by the author) that have errors discussed in the book. Unlike many books that just talk about issues, this actually has extended examples that seem like real life scenarios.It is probably most useful for students who already have an elementary understanding of research, but it could still be useful for *motivated* students who are new to the field. Overall, it is a very useful resource.
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Good for advanced college student or beginning grad student,
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This review is from: Critical Thinking About Research: Psychology and Related Fields (Paperback)
I reviewed this book hoping to use it for an advanved undergraduate course. Although I like the book, it is a bit too advanced for many undergraduates. The book assumes a basic level of knowledge many college undergraduates may not have (e.g., the meaning of the term "nominal" variable). On the other hand, there is excellent material on scale construction and sampling. The book also has a great section of short studies followed by a critical review of the flaws in each. I plan to use the book to prepare lectures and perhaps as a supplement to the main text in the course. First or second year graduate students will likely find the book to be a very useful addition to their training in research methodology. For example, a brief section on the proper use of change scores in statistical analyses is very helpful and much clearer than either of the sources from which the material is cited as having originated (i.e., Pedhazur, 1982; and Keppel, 1982).
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Critical thinking about research,
By pjeffrie (Bremerton, Washington) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Critical Thinking About Research: Psychology and Related Fields (Paperback)
I was scared about taking a statistics class. After reading this book, It wasn't scary at all. This book was a good asset for my research project paper.
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