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Methods for Behavioral Research : a Systematic Approach.

This core textbook introduces psychology students to research methods. The author's principal goal is to present methods in a way that will lend coherence to the material. He does this by providing a meaningful framework based around Campbell and Stanley's "threats to validity" a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cherulnik, Paul David D.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1
  • AN OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS; 2
  • FORMULATING THE RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS; 3
  • SPECIFYING THE RESEARCH VARIABLES I: Operational Definition and Measurement; 4
  • SPECIFYING THE RESEARCH VARIABLES II: Artifacts and Construct Validity; 5
  • ARRANGING THE COMPARISONS I: An Introduction to Research Design; 6
  • ARRANGING THE COMPARISONS II: Designs for Psychological Research; 7
  • ARRANGING THE COMPARISONS III: Evaluating Research Designs; 8
  • BUILDING MODELS OF MULTIPLE CAUSES AND EFFECTS; 9
  • COLLECTING THE DATA; 10
  • ANALYZING THE DATA.
  • 11
  • THE RESEARCHER'S RESPONSIBILITIES AS SCIENTIST, COLLEAGUE, AND CITIZENAPPENDIX A: Study Analysis Forms for the 25 Exemplar Studies Introduced in Chapter 2; APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY; REFERENCES; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR.