Essentials of Behavioral Research : Methods and Data Analysis. Questo articolo non è disponibile.Essentials of Behavioral Research : Methods and Data Analysis

The only comprehensive treatment of methods and data analysis, this classic advanced undergraduate/graduate text in research methods requires statistics as a prerequisite. The first half of the text concentrates on research methods and the second half introduces students to advanced statistical procedures.

Preface

Part I. Conceptual and Ethical Foundations

1. The Spirit of Behavioral Research

2. Contexts of Discovery and Justification

3. Ethical Considerations, Dilemmas, and Guidelines

Part II. Operationalization and Measurement of Dependent Variables

4. Reliability and Validity of Measurements

5. Observations, Judgments, and Composite Variables

6. Questionnaires, Interviews, and Diaries

Part III. The Logic of Research Designs

7. Randomized Controlled Experiments and Causal Inference

8. Nonrandomized Research and Functional Relationships

9. Randomly and Nonrandomly Selected Sampling Units

Part IV. Fundamentals of Data Analysis

10. Describing, Displaying, and Exploring Data

11. Correlation

12. Statistical Power and Effect Size Revisited

Part V. One-Way Designs

13. Comparing Means by Standard t Tests

14. Analysis of Variance and the F Test

15. One-Way Contrast Analyses

Part VI. Factorial Designs

16. Factorial Analysis of Variance

17. Interaction Effects in Analysis of Variance

18. Repeated Measures in Analysis of Variance

Part VII. Additional Topics in Data Analysis

19. Significance Testing and Association in Tables of Counts

20. Multivariate Data Analysis

21. Meta-Analysis: Comparing and Combining Research Results

Part VIII. Appendices

A: List of Numbered Equations

B: Statistical Tables

Glossary

References

Indexes

Subject Index

Name Index