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Review and improve your understanding of the material | Quiz yourself | See how this material can help you | Get help |
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Visualize the material by looking at this
concept map.
A diagram to help you answer the question: Which validity or validities you need?
A diagram to help you understand what the validities are, what obstacles are there to achieving each validity, and how each validity can be achieved.
Answer these questions about a claim Review validity by considering the validity questions that good detectives should ask |
Test yourself on the key terms using one or more of these three quick matching tools | Do not be fooled by popular therapies such as facilitated
communication and therapeutic touch.
See how scientific thinking is mentally healthy thinking. |
Help with answering the end-of-chapter exercises |
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Take some practice quizzes. | To learn more about IRBs, getting IRB approval for research, and the ethical issues in conducting research, click on this "Ethics" link. | |
Review the difference between random sampling and random assignment |
Do some interactive end-of-chapter exercises (multiple-choice format) dealing with validity Fill out an interactive table to show you understand the three validities | To learn how you could randomly assign participants, see pages 693-694 of your text or use the link below | |
Design a study |