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Research Methods In Psychology

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I just finished a Research Methods in Psychology class that used this text. Overall, I thought this book was excellent. All the topics discussed are well organized and explained with many helpful examples. The writing is clear and generally easy to understand. I struggled with a couple chapters but class discussions helped clear up what I didn't understand. Some of the students in my class complained that the reading could be a little dry at times and the chapters a little long. I don't necessarily agree with that. I would describe the chapters as thorough and to me, they were interesting. I think those who complained were just less motivated and wouldn't enjoy the subject matter no matter how it was presented.

One of the things I found most helpful was the fact that each chapter begins with a list of key points to be presented in the chapter. These were a great help in keeping focused during the reading. I think anyone who bothered to do them would also find the questions at the end of each chapter to be very helpful. I tried to answer them regurlarly when preparing for tests found that they thoroughly covered the important material. Those along with the publisher's website were my key to success in the class I took. The final chapters do a good job of explaining statistics needed to write a research report (although I think a class in statistics is needed to really understand everything). There is also a complete, annotated research report at the end of the book which I also found very helpful (more helpful than the sample report provided in the APA style manual).

This book was helpful in the class taken at a CT University.It was relatively easy to understand, that is, as easy as statisticsCAN be to understand. Most of the students had taken an introductorystats class a while back, so the examples were helpful. I will say that students get in a rut and do not end up reading as they should. This book was very helpful in understanding the lectures as long as the reading was done! ...

I needed edition 8 for my Research Methods class but my college bookstore was going to charge $130. I decided to buy this book (edition 7) for $20. I've compared the book to edition 8 and there isn't much difference. There is also a online website that provides study guides for the class. Used the site and book all semester. Online worksheets really help. I recommend picking up this book. You'll be saving $110!

I purchased this text as a requirement for a distance education class (Research Methods in Psychology-University of Utah). I was dreading the text...how could "research methods" be anything but dull and dry? I was very pleasantly surprised by the text. The text is extremely well written, entertaining, and presents the material with many examples, and careful descriptions. The authors were very careful with their writing, and did a great job! I highly recommend this text.

Very fast and in good condition. very pleased! I was not expecting the arrival of this book until next week , but it seesma like as soon as I ordered it it was here!

I'm a good student, but I hated this book more than anything else I've read during my college career. Painfully dry.

the book was in awesome condition. it looked brand new and had basically no markings inside it. it's exactly what i needed for my psych class and probably what anyone who takes a psych methods, or psych statistics would need.

So far this book has really helped me in my class! It is a great book but an even better class!

The book is in great condition, and it's everything it was guaranteed to be when i purchased it. The delivery was made in great timing too!

I was very pleased with the condition of the book as well as the prompt delivery. The condition was true to the description given by the seller and in my opinion even better than described. I would purchase all of my future books from this seller.