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Essentials of behavioral research : methods and data analysis / Robert Rosenthal, Ralph L. Rosnow.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : McGraw-Hill, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Edition: Third editionDescription: xxi, 842 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0073531960
  • 9780073531960
Other title:
  • Essentials of behavioural research
  • Essentials of behavioural research : Methods and data analysis
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72 22
LOC classification:
  • BF76.5 .R629 2008
Contents:
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 -- t Tests for Nonindependent Samples 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.
Summary: "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."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 765-814) and index.

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 -- t Tests for Nonindependent Samples 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.

"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."--Publisher description.

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