Books

I can only highly recommend the following sources. The are ordered according to the following categories:

Work in Psychology

Sternberg, R. J. (2003). Psychology 101 1/2 The Unspoken Rules for Success in Academia.

McBurney, D. H. (1996). How to Think like a Psychologist. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Jordan, C. H. & Zanna, M. P. (1999). How to Read a Journal Article in Social Psychology.

Research & Statistics

Research in General

Schwartz, M. A. (2008). The importance of stupidity in scientific research. Journal of Cell Science, 121, 1771.

Pedhazur, E. J., & Pedhazur Schmelkin, L. (1991). Measurement, Design, and Analysis: An Integrated Approach. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, New Jersey.

Statistics in General

Wright, D. B. (2003). Making friends with your data: Improving how statistics are conducted and reported. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 73, 123-136.

Pallant, J. (2007). SPSS Survival Manual. McGraw-Hill, Open University Press.

Field, Andy (2005). Discovering Statistics with SPSS. London: Sage.

Tabachnick, B. G. & Fidell, L. S. (2007). Using multivariate statistics. 5th ed., Pearson internat. ed.

Anglim, Jeromy (xxxx). Statistics and your thesis: How to approach the analysis & avoid common pitfalls.

Exploratory Factor Analysis

Preacher, K. J., & MacCallum, R. C. (2003). Repairing Tom Swift’s electric factor analysis machine. Understanding Statistics, 2(1), 13-43.

Tinsley, H. E. A., & Tinsley, D. J. (1987). Uses of Factor Analysis in Counseling Psychology Research. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 34 (4), 414-424.

Froman, R. D. (2001). Elements to Consider in Planning the Use of Factor Analysis. Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research, 2(5).

Scientific Writing

Silvia, P. J. (2007). How to Write a Lot. Washington: APA.

Bem, D. J. (?). Writing the Empirical Journal Article. Cornell University.

Yaffe, P. (2009). How to Generate Reader Interest in What You Write. ACM Ubiquity, 10 (7).

Trafimow, D., & Rice, S. (2009). What If Social Scientists Had Reviewed Great Scientific Works of the Past? Psychological Science, 4(1), 65-78.

Alley, Michael (1996). The Craft of Scientific Writing.

Lamott, A. (1994). bird by bird. New York: Anchor Books.

Day, R, & Gastel, B (2008). How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper. Cambridge University Press.

Mobile Learning

Apple – iPhone Human Interface Guidelines

The New Media Consortium and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (2006|7|8|9). The Horizon
Report. Retrieved September 9, 2009, from http://www.nmc.org/pdf/
2006_Horizon_Report.pdf (other years: 2007, 2008, 2009).

Norman, D. A. (1993). Things That Make Us Smart. Addison Wesley Publishing Company.

Organizing Creativity

Wessel, D. (2009). Organizing Creativity. Createspace. ;-)

O’Brien, D. (2004). Life Hacks: Tech Secrets of Overprolific Alpha Geeks


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