Conducting Research in Psychology: Measuring the Weight of Smoke

by Brett W. Pelham, Hart C. Blanton

Using humor and interesting examples that students can understand and relate to, authors Brett W. Pelham and Hart Blanton have written an informative and comprehensive research methods text that your students will really enjoy. This brief book includes hands-on activities that involve learning by doing, methodology exercises that encourage students to use their intuitions to understand research methods, and methodology problems that teach students to apply basic research principles to novel problems.

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Research, Academic

432 pages, Paperback

First published November 30, 1998

Reviews

[John Warner · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was in graduate school when I took my last research methods class. Since I entered the clinical field whether than academic or research, I have had little use for research methods with the exception of evaluating research papers. When I asked to teach an introductory research methods course, I reluctantly agreed. I had to read the book to develop my lectures. This book easily refreshed my knowledge, but I found some of the research used to support the chapter information often difficult for the students to wrap their head around requiring me to locate alternative research.

[Emily · Rating 1 out of 5]

Probably the most boring and uninformative psychology textbook I've ever read. The introduction starts out nice but then the rest of the book is just sooooo long. All the authors do is include like 50,000 unnecessary examples instead of outright explaining the term/topic. Too long winded and not worth anyone's time.

[aj · Rating 1 out of 5]

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[Peter · Rating 1 out of 5]

I cannot believe this book is part of a recommended reading list for a proper educational institution

A person would actually become dumber after reading this book. Between the bible stories and the miss-representation of the scientific method, it is difficult to find any credibility in it without seeking verification.

Equating Science to religion and claiming that scientists have just as much 'faith' as superstitious people is insulting, and facile.

Although I have edition 4. I'm not sure the earlier editions are any better.

[Psych_Panda · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book started out well. It was interesting, humorous (though maybe trying a little too hard), and then it just fell apart. Nothing happened in the writing style; the problem is with the content coverage. It was weirdly organized, shallow where it should have been deep, and way too deep where shallow would suffice. Perhaps it would be more appreciated by a social scientist, but it was too survey-focused and Social Psychology focused for this scientist.

[Scott Whitney · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was ok for what it was designed to do, but it has a few problems. The author seemed to think he was getting paid by the word and used a ton more than he needed to get the point across. The book was incredibly hard to read with the excessive working used.

[Maddie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really easy to understand and uses modern-day studies to explain points