Chapter 5: Research Design Explained

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Visualize the material by looking at this concept map.	Test yourself on the key terms with this matching test. Study flashcards. Test yourself on flashcards.	Learn more about subject bias and how it relates to Clever Hans: the smart horse discussed on page 155. a video of a "clever dog." .	Help with answering the end-of-chapter exercises
Try out the implicit attitude test described on page 159 (Box 5.2) Listen to a podcast to learn why reliability is important for personality tests. Listen to a podcast to learn why validity is important for personality tests. Get a better understanding of reliability and validity with these 5-second simulations.	Take some practice quizzes A short, general quiz over the entire chapter 12-item quizzes over the first part of Chapter 5 Quiz A Quiz B 12-item quizzes over the second part of Chapter 5 Quiz A Quiz B 12-item quizzes over the third part of Chapter 5 Quiz A Quiz B Nine-item quizzes over the fourth part of Chapter 5 Quiz A Quiz B Do the interactive end-of-chapter exercises. Set A Set B	Find a measure for your research: Psychological Tests for Student Use Dr. Miserandino's links to tests, measures, and scales. 204 Surveys and Scales on a wide variety of topics from CHIPTS
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Further review the material by reading the chapter summary .	Test yourself on the chapter objectives Review by testing yourself on the key issues and studying this concept map. Review the chapter glossary	If you are ready to draft a method section, download one of the programs below. Windows version Macintosh version

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