Scientific Writing for Psychology: Lessons in Clarity and Style

Needed it for class, no issues

Definitely some good information in this book. However, the section on writing the results is terrible. I do support the idea of organizing the section around the story (findings), but the way the author minimazes the inclusion of statistics, the lack of reporting exact p values, using comparison words (e.g., greater) but including only one group, stating that including non-significant test information is "meaningless detail" are all troubling.

Das Buch bringt wesentliche Faktoren zum wissenschaftlichen Schreiben auf den Punkt. Tipps können direkt für die eigenen Texte angewendet werden. Im Deutschen eignet man sich häufig sperrige Formulierungen an und überträgt diese ins Englische. Das Buch hilft unmittelbar, damit aufzuräumen. Nicht nur für Psychologie, sondern für alle Disziplinen empfehlenswert!

I teach (English) Language Arts for Science in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) environment. This book was written for psychologists, but its clear and concise guidance is also useful for scientists. It covers both the sentence and discourse levels, with vivid examples that illustrate how the author's advice works. Researchers themselves will surely benefit from this compact and well-organized guide; writing teachers will also find much to improve the quality of their teaching.