Effective writing in psychology :papers, posters, and presentations
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Malden, MA
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Blackwell Pub.
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2008
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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ix, 269 p. : ill.
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references )p. ]255[-260( and indexes
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Bernard C. Beins and Agatha M. Beins
CONTENTS NOTE
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Writing in psychology -- Organizing and developing your ideas and writing -- Formulating your ideas -- Assessing your sources -- How to conduct a literature search -- How to read and summarize a journal article -- Organizing a paper -- Elements of style -- Communicating statistics -- Preparing APA format papers -- Writing a thesis or a term paper -- The introduction section -- The method section -- The results -- The discussion section -- References : citations in the text and the reference list -- Final touches : the abstract and formatting details -- Communicating beyond the research paper -- Creating poster presentations -- Giving oral presentations -- Presenting your work on the Internet -- Submitting your plan to an ethics committee