Month: April 2014

Authors: Chares J. Stewart and William B. Cash Jr. Publisher: McGraw-Hill – 421 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram This book has been designed for use in college courses relating to majors in business, communication, criminology, education, journalism, nursing, political science, social work, speech, and others, where interviewing is required. The current or 14th edition was published in 2014 and the first one appeared 40 years ago in 1974. It has undergone numerous changes in format and presentation. The authors write that they have made each edition more reader-friendly. The current edition has the improvements named below, and we...

Authors: John J. Shaughnessy PhD, Eugene B. Zechmeister PhD, Jeanne S. Zechmeister PhD Publisher: McGraw-Hill – 489 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram To this 10th edition of Research Methods in Psychology, the authors have added several new features. And they have updated it with newly-discovered data. But essentially their basic purpose remains the same: to introduce students to the research process in psychology and to help them become familiar with, and competently use the various research methods. Here are the key features of this new edition: Focus on the increasing interest in cross-cultural studies New material on web...