Evaluating Scientific Research: Separating Fact from Fiction

by Fred Leavitt

Book Overview

Acknowledging the profound role science plays in our lives, this book uses a non-technical vocabulary to explain the research process and discuss many controversial issues. It emphasizes creative and critical thinking, challenging many traditional ways of doing research and covering six major problem areas--limitaions of science, preparing for research, measurement, research designs, data analysis, and philosophical issues . Chapter topics include...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1577663454
• ISBN13: 9781577663454
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A Fantastic Text for Undergraduate Experimental Psychology

I am very pleased to recommend Leavitt's book as an undergraduate text in Experimental Psychology. This text does a great job of covering the main topics in Experimental Psychology as well as providing the framework for scientific development. I was especially pleased by the author's ability to convey the sense of excitement and discovery that research instills while placing a strong emphasis throughout on ethics and objective reasoning.