31 Matching Annotations
  1. Feb 2019
    1. left justified and in italics

      This is not APA format. Please do not instruct my students to write in any way that contradicts the APA manual. I have a hard enough time getting them to do it correctly, without them coming back and telling me the textbook says they don't have to. And, even your example doesn't match this (ironically, the example is correct).

    2. Latané (1968)[2

      I understand that this is a classic study, but I'm perplexed as to why it was chosen to illustrate how to write this section. I really think it would be much better to use something considerably more current as an example of how psychologists write today. In addition, I'm personally unlikely to suggest my students write like this. It's wordy and contains information that I would prefer be limited to the procedures section of the method. While I understand this is personal preference and the author is free to ignore it, it would impact my choice of this as a textbook, which I feel is something you should know. Perhaps a compromise would be to also include a sample that is written differently, more to show that there are alternatives than prescribe a specific style.

    1. available

      If it's not available, authors are to include the url of the journal. Please include this. As currently written, it looks like they can just write nothing if there's no doi.

    1. employed an ABAB reversal design.

      It would have better to have described it this way from the beginning. In the opening section (10) only the first 3 stages are mentioned, and is unclear in 10.1.

    1. sometimes called small-n designs,

      I'm curious why you're not using this term too. You've just pointed out that single subject isn't accurate, yet you continue to use the term even though this clearer term is available.

  2. Jan 2019
    1. effect of receiving psychotherapy is stronger among people who are highly motivated to change than among people who are not motivated to change. This is an interaction because the effect of one independent variable (whether or not one receives psychotherapy) depends on the level of another (motivation to change).

      This example doesn't make sense. The effect of therapy is presented as the DV, so how can there be a group that doesn't receive it as an IV?

    1. asbestos is found in one of the schools causing it to be shut down for a month

      This is a little farfetched. It would help if you gave a more realistic example that more closely matches what students might see in the real world.