Conducting Research in Psychology

Measuring the Weight of Smoke

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Featuring humor and interesting examples that students can understand and relate to, Brett W. Pelham and Hart Blanton's informative and comprehensive research methods text is one that your students will actually enjoy reading. This brief book includes hands-on activities that involve learning by doing, methodology exercises that encourage students to use their intuition to understand research methods, and methodology problems that teach students to apply basic research principles to novel problems.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2012-03-01
Mått188 x 233 x 20 mm
Vikt744 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
FörlagCengage Learning, Inc
ISBN9780495598206

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