Effective Writing in Psychology: Papers, Posters, and Presentations - Softcover

Beins, Bernard C.; Beins, Agatha M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405158794 ISBN 13: 9781405158794

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

Synopsis

This book helps students, writers and speakers at all levels refine their communication skills by guiding them at every stage of the process.

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• Focuses on principles of good writing and writing in APA style
  
• Offers tips on internet publishing, poster presentations, and making presentations to Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)
  
• Highlights methods for selecting a research topic, organizing papers and communicating statistics in an accessible way

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Writing and communication skills are invaluable tools for both students and professionals in the field of psychology. This book helps users to generate crisp scientific communication in psychology. The book aids students, writers, and speakers at all levels by guiding them at every stage of the process. In a practical and accessible way, the authors teach readers how to make concise, unambiguous arguments; document their sources; and render technical information clear and comprehensible. Including the standards of writing found in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, this book

• 
  
• Focuses on principles of good writing and writing in APA style
  
• Offers tips on creating poster presentations, giving talks, writing for the Internet, and making presentations to institutional review boards (IRBs)
  
• Highlights methods for selecting a research topic and organizing papers
  
• Provides a separate section on how to communicate statistics

About the Author:

Bernard C. Beins is Professor and Department Chair of Psychology at Ithaca College. He has written extensively and throughout his career has been active in the scholarship of teaching. His publications include Research Methods: A Tool for Life (2004).

Agatha M. Beins has earned a Master's Degree in Women's Studies from the University of Arizona and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University. She is currently a doctoral student in Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1405158794
• ISBN 13: 9781405158794
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288