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Informationen zum Autor received a B.S. in Psychology from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and aPh.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Kansas.His advisor was Larry Wrightsman and he hascertainly followed in Larry's footsteps in terms of staying active inpublishing and doing research.He wasAssociate Professor of Psychology at ClemsonUniversity from 1983-1988 and he thenmoved to Mercer Universityin Georgiawhere he was Associate Professor and Department Chair of Psychology.He stayed at Mercer as the William HeardKilpatrick Professor of Psychology in the Collegeof Liberal Arts and as Professor ofInternal Medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine until 2001 and thenmoved to his current position as James V. Finkbeiner Endowed Chair of Ethicsand Public Policy in the College of Arts and BehavioralSciences. Klappentext Second Edition features updated examples of research across disciplines, new and updated content on qualitative research and conceptual statistics, and a streamlined organization that better aligns with the order of information in a research article. Zusammenfassung Provides students the tools to understand the components of research and the skills to read and evaluate research studies. This book focuses on qualitative research! including summaries of research traditions! and statistical analyses. Each chapter includes an overview at the beginning and exercises at the end to reinforce the content learned.
