Understanding Sexuality Research

Name: Understanding Sexuality Research
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ISBN: 9780534509583

ISBN-10: 0534509584

ISBN-13: 9780534509583

Edition: 2001

Authors: Michael W. Wiederman

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With reader-friendly guidance, UNDERSTANDING SEXUALITY RESEARCH uses realistic, hypothetical cases to promote students' critical thinking. The first five chapters present salient issues to consider when evaluating research on human sexuality. The next ten application chapters correspond well with the primary chapters presented in most sexuality texts, making it easy for instructors to integrate the book into the course throughout the semester. Students learn to effectively apply critical thinking skills to human sexuality research and become more critical judges of research conducted by others.

Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 6/2/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface


A Note to the Student


A Note to the Instructor


Acknowledgments


About the Author



The Questions



Why Understanding Research?


What Is Critical Thinking?


Who Studies Sexuality?



What Are the Goals of the Research?


Why Was the Research Conducted?


Kinds of Research



What Kind of Person Would Participate in a Study Like This?


Generalizability


Volunteer Bias


College Student Participants



How Do Researchers Pose Sexuality Questions to Respondents?


The Respondent and Forms of Response Bias


The Research Methodology and Forms of Response Bias



What Do the Research Results Mean?


Statistical Significance


Practical Significance


Misleading Statistics and Characterizations


Do the Conclusions Match the Research Design?



The Applications



Behavior: Do Males and Females Differ in Sexual Experience?



Mate Selection: What Determines Peoples' Choice of Particular Partners?



Protection: How Frequently Do People Use Condoms?



Infidelity: What Proportion of People Have Had Extradyadic Sex?



Orientation: What Determines Whether People Are Sexually Attracted to Men or Women?



Education: Are Sex Education Programs in Schools Effective?



Child Sexual Abuse: Is Sexual Contact Between a Child and an Adult Harmful?



Therapy and Dysfunction: How Well Does Sex Therapy Work?



Pornography: Is Viewing Sexually Explicit Media Harmful?



Love: What Is the Role of Love in Sexual Interactions?



Evaluating Sexuality Information Posted on the Internet


References