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vi CONTENTS
3 Ethics in Research 51
The APA Ethics Code 51
APA Guidelines on Responsibility and Protection from Harm 52
Commentary on Responsibility 53
Commentary on Protection from Harm 54
APA Guidelines on Informed Consent 54
Commentary on Informed Consent 56
APA Guidelines on Coercion 57
Commentary on Privacy and Freedom from Coercion 57
APA Guidelines on Deception 58
Commentary on Deception 59
APA Guidelines on Debriefing 59
Commentary on Debriefing 60
Role of the Research Participant 60
APA Guidelines on Scientific Writing 61
Commentary on Ethics in Scientific Writing 62
Fraud in Research 63
Ethics and Animal Experimentation 65
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4 Writing in Psychology 79
The Written Report 80
General 80
Avoiding Bias in Writing 83
The Parts of a Paper 84
Documenting Your Paper 88
Steps in the Publication Process 92
Oral Presentations 104
Poster Presentations 104
Nuts & Bolts 106
Summary 110
Suggestions for Further Reading 111
A Case in Point 111
Reading Between the Lines 116
Research Methods Laboratory Manual 116
Web-Based Workshops on Research Methods and Statistics 117
Exercises 117
5 Variables 119
Types of Variables 120
Dependent and Independent Variables 120
Confounded Variables 122
Quantitative and Categorical Variables 123
Continuous and Discrete Variables 123
Measurement 123
What Is Measurement? 124
Types of Measurement Scales 125
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6 Validity 141
Types of Validity 142
Internal Validity 142
Construct Validity 143
External Validity 145
Statistical Conclusion Validity 146
Threats to Validity 147
Threats to Internal Validity 147
Threats to Construct Validity 150
Threats to External Validity 151
Threats to Statistical Conclusion Validity 152
Summary Note on Validity 152
Nuts & Bolts 153
Summary 156
Suggestions for Further Reading 157
A Case in Point 157
Reading Between the Lines 159
Web-Based Workshops on Research Methods and Statistics 159
Exercises 159
7 Control 163
The Concept of Control 163
Control Provides a Standard of Comparison 164
Control Reduces Variability 165
Relating the Two Meanings of Control 166
General Strategies 166
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REFERENCES 441
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It is of the essence of teaching that it seeks to render itself superfluous.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Cost of Discipleship
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PREFACE
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PREFACE xvii
be exciting and creative. We have avoided giving the impression that psycho-
logical research involves following a set of cut-and-dried rules or selecting one
of a fixed number of available designs. Our belief is that the best research
derives from solving particular threats to the validity of a contemplated piece
of research and only then asking what kind of design has resulted. Through-
out the book we have emphasized the considerations that are involved in
designing and conducting research.
Fourth, we have chosen from the psychological literature a wide variety
of problems in research and their solutions. Generally, we have avoided non-
psychological examples and artificial data. We have instead attempted to
include examples from studies examining psychological issues that students
may have already encountered, either through everyday life or through their
Introductory Psychology course.
Finally, we have tried to convey a feeling for all of the stages of research,
from choosing the problem to publishing the results. We have discussed the
literature search, the nuts and bolts of research protocols, research ethics,
evaluation of data, and the publication process. The only major step that is
treated minimally is statistical analysis, which is left to a prerequisite or core-
quisite course, or to supplementary material, according to the instructor’s
choice.
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validity has been highlighted, and an emphasis placed on its ability to exam-
ine the “natural experiment.” The example for the interrupted-time series
design has been changed to one that examines the effect of media policies on
suicide rates. The Smith and Glass (1977) efficacy of psychotherapy example
for the section on meta-analysis has been updated to include a study by
Barak, Hen, Boniel-Nissim, and Shapira (2008) on the effectiveness of inter-
net-based therapy. The fourth point of the summary has been changed to
reflect the increased external validity at the cost of internal validity found
with true experiments. Exercise 13.1 (Classify a study) has been changed to a
problem dealing with sexual abuse and obesity.
Chapter 14 contains some of the information that was found in Chapter
6 of the previous edition, along with some that was previously found in
Appendix A. The title of the chapter now reflects its new role in the process
of evaluating data. This chapter has been substantially re-ordered, and much
new material has been added. The chapter now begins with the assumption
that data have been collected, and includes a discussion of data reduction
followed by a discussion of descriptive statistics. Finally, the examination
of those descriptive statistics in tables and graphs is discussed. Two new
exercises were added that require students to create their own graphs.
Chapter 15 contains some of the information that was found in Appen-
dix A of previous editions. A new introduction has been added that invites
students to proceed with their inferential analysis following the descriptive
evaluations that were begun in Chapter 14. References to descriptive statistics
previously found in Appendix A have been removed, as this chapter focuses
only on inferential statistics. A “Summary” section has been added, as has
a “Suggested Readings” section, and a “Reading Between the Lines” section.
A new exercise on pre-school attendance and mathematics performance con-
cerning Chi Square has been added.
In the Epilogue, we updated the figures concerning the amount that the
government spends on research, as well as the percentage of articles citing
US government support in a reputable journal. An example of data suppres-
sion by industry concerning anti-depressants has been added as well as a sec-
tion encouraging critical thinking when evaluating scientific information
reported in the media.
Acknowledgements
Many colleagues have contributed to the success of this project over the sev-
eral editions, now too many to list here. We thank the following reviewers of
the eighth edition for their constructive suggestions and comments: Wendy
Beller, Quincy University; Benjamin Storm, University of Illinois, Chicago;
Elizabeth Krumrei, Pepperdine University; Aurora Sherman, Oregon State
University; Christine Browning, Victory University. We would also like to
thank the reviewers for the ninth edition. Each new reviewer adds a fresh
contribution to the book. Thanks also to Tim Matray, Lauren Moody, and
all the other people at Cengage Learning. They have been a true pleasure to
work with and have been very supportive of this project.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
and flavors. She currently teaches research methods, sensation and perception,
and brain and behavior. Dr. White lives in Syracuse, New York, where the
winters sometimes bring more than 180 inches of snow. Whenever the lakes
are not frozen, Dr. White enjoys racing her Hobie 16 sailboat. Once the ice is
on the lake, she fills her spare time with travel and singing in a gospel choir.
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CHAPTER ONE
And then, somehow, all settled quietly into their old places, only that
there was a tendency on the part of everyone to follow Snap's every action
with friendly eyes, anxious to discover something which they could do for
their hero.
As for Snap, he was not such a prig as to think for a moment that this
great change, or any of it, was his doing. 'Deuced lucky' was what he called
it—in his own heart he had a more reverent way of speaking of it.
This November morning was just two years from the day when he and
Towzer had stood watching the Eastern train disappear along the line,
carrying Frank and the old German's papers with it. In Berlin Frank had
found that the professor's name was as well known as the Kaiser's; more,
that his name was known as well in London or Paris as in Berlin. Von
Bulberg, the professor's friend, had received Frank with open arms, had
gathered the scientists of the great city together to fête him and listen to his
story, had helped him to find an honest and expert lawyer, and, between
them, they had taken out the patents and executed every wish expressed in
that last will and testament.
As for the 'few little houses at Potsdam,' the worthy aeronaut evidently
set small store by the ordinary things of this earth. When a young man he
had come into a very considerable property, of which he had spent very
little, and ever since his inventions had been adding one small fortune to
another, all of which had been invested in house property at Potsdam. The
result was that when Frank's lawyer laid the accounts before him he found
that an income of nearly 10,000l. a year would fall to the share of himself
and his friends, as representing 'the few little houses at Potsdam.'
As the professor had no kith or kin, the boys had no scruple in taking the
good things Providence had sent them, but I fancy that a very considerable
portion of their share of the royalties on the professor's two patents finds its
way to such institutions as Dr. Barnardo's Home for Boys and the like.
With their portion of the money Frank and Towzer had bought back the
old home, investing all they had to spare in Snap's ranche, for neither
persuasion nor anything else could tear him away from Dick and the Bull
Pine Range, upon which these two partners had now got together as fine a
herd as you will see in the North-west. After much correspondence and two
years of waiting his old friends had at last induced him to come home for a
winter's hunting.
Out West, Dick was in command, and under him was as smart a lot of
riders as even he could desire. The cattle did well on the Bull Pine Range,
being well sheltered among the bluffs round the Lone Mountain, so that
during the winter there was no reason why 'the boss' should not come over
to the old country for a spin with the hounds if he could afford it. And Snap
could afford that, and a good deal more. Ten per cent. for your money
would be marvellously good interest in any business in England; with luck,
Dick and Snap did not think much of twice that at Bull Pine.
'Yes, Lord W. has approved it, and what he approves is bound to "go"
nowadays,' replied Snap. 'I should think they would be very useful for
reconnoitring an enemy's position, for surveying the country generally, and
taking messages from point to point.'
'That's all very well, but what are the other fellows going to do all the
time? wouldn't they put a bullet into your great gas-bag and bring it down
with a run?' demanded the Admiral.
'I think not, sir,' said Frank; 'we had a hole or two in ours, and she didn't
come down as fast as we wanted her to always.'
'Besides, you forget, uncle,' added Towzer, 'that she would be a little
"taller" even than the tallest rocketer, and you know they are too tall even
for you sometimes.'
'Well, you may be right, Snap,' the Admiral allowed, taking no notice of
Towzer's insinuations, 'but I'm glad that I shall never be Admiral of a fleet
of those crafts.'
'You agree with Dick, sir,' said Snap; '"give me a cayuse," he says, "as'll
buck itself out of its girths, as'll buck itself out of its skin, if you like, but no
more of them bally balloons for me!"'
'Ah, well! here are our cayuses, Snap, and it is about time that we got
into the saddle. It is a good four miles to the Lawn,' remarked Frank; while
Towzer, always intent on creature comforts, was anxious to know what
Snap would have in his flask.
'No spirits, thank you, old chap,' was the answer. 'I've brought a large
supply of good ones of my own. Neither, whisky nor "tip" could compare to
the spirits I am in this morning.'
Five minutes later they were in their saddles, the Winthrops in pink,
dressed with all that scrupulous neatness which is essential for a soldier or a
fox-hunter, and which comes amiss to no one. Snap was more quietly
attired, but his was an easy figure for the tailor to fit, and when he rode up
with his friends, the connoisseurs of men and of horses, who were chatting
and smoking at the meet, decided with one consent that, though there might
be a bow where there ought to have been a strap, a button too many or too
few, yet, allowing for the fact that he was 'only a colonist,' that young Hales
looked a good sort, and 'a workman, sir, all over.'
A 'workman all over.' It's hunting slang, I know, but it is the keynote of
the English character still, thank goodness. If you can work and will work,
and that work is honest and true, men will respect you, women admire you,
and even the most exacting of relations forgive you what one may call vice,
another mischief, an indulgent old sailor 'go,' or a Nor'-West cowboy, like
Dick, 'sand.'
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