TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jackson,Sherri L.
TI  - Research methods: a modular approach 
SN  - 0495098906
AV  - Q180.55.P75 J33 2008
U1  - 001.4 22
PY  - 2008///]
CY  - Belmont, CA
PB  - Thomson Wadsworth
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Study and teaching (Higher)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-317) and index; Thinking Like a Scientist --; Science and Psychology --; Areas of Psychological Research --; Psychobiology --; Cognition --; Human Development --; Social Psychology --; Psychotherapy --; Sources of Knowledge --; Superstition and Intuition --; Authority --; Tenacity --; Rationalism --; Empiricism --; Science --; The Scientific (Critical Thinking) Approach and Psychology --; Systematic Empiricism --; Public Verification --; Solvable Problems --; Goals of Science --; Description --; Prediction --; Explanation --; Basic and Applied Research --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; An Introduction to Research Methods --; Descriptive Methods --; Predictive (Relational) Methods --; Explanatory Method --; Doing Science --; Proof and Disproof --; The Research Process --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Summary and Review --; Getting Started --; Research Ideas --; Reviewing the Literature --; Library Research --; Journals --; Psychological Abstracts --; PsycINFO and PsycLIT --; Social Science Citation Index and Science Citation Index --; Other Resources --; Reading a Journal Article: What to Expect --; Abstract --; Introduction --; Method --; Results --; Discussion --; Summary --; Module Exercise --; Web Resources --; Ethical Research --; Ethical Standards in Research with Human Participants --; Institutional Review Boards --; Informed Consent --; Risk --; Deception --; Debriefing --; Ethical Standards in Research with Children --; Ethical Standards in Research with Animals --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Defining, Measuring, and Manipulating Variables --; Defining Variables --; The Properties of Measurement --; Identity --; Magnitude --; Equal Unit Size --; Absolute Zero --; The Scales of Measurement --; Nominal Scale --; Ordinal Scale --; Interval Scale --; Ratio Scale --; Discrete and Continuous Variables --; Types of Measures --; Self-Report Measures --; Tests --; Behavioral Measures --; Physical Measures --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Reliability and Validity --; Reliability --; Error in Measurement --; How to Measure Reliability: Correlation Coefficients --; Types of Reliability --; Test /Retest Reliability --; Alternate-Forms Reliability --; Split-Half Reliability --; Interrater Reliability --; Validity --; Content Validity --; Criterion Validity --; Construct Validity --; The Relationship Between Reliability and Validity --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Summary and Review --; Descriptive Methods --; Observational and Other Descriptive Methods --; Naturalistic Observation --; Options When Using Observation --; Laboratory Observation --; Data Collection --; Narrative Records --; Checklists --; Case Study Method --; Archival Method --; Qualitative Methods --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Lab Resources --; Survey Methods --; Survey Construction --; Writing the Questions --; Arranging the Questions --; Administering Surveys --; Mail Surveys --; Telephone Surveys --; Personal Interviews --; Sampling Techniques --; Probability Sampling --; Nonprobability Sampling --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Lab Resources --; Summary and Review --; Predictive (Relational) Methods --; Conducting Correlational Research --; Magnitude, Scatterplots, and Types of Relationships --; Magnitude --; Scatterplots --; Positive Relationships --; Negative Relationships --; No Relationship --; Curvilinear Relationships --; Misinterpreting Correlations --; The Assumptions of Causality and Directionality --; The Third-Variable Problem --; Restrictive Range --; Curvilinear Relationships --; Prediction and Correlation --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Lab Resources --; Quasi-Experimental Designs --; Nonmanipulated Independent Variables --; An Example: Snow and Cholera --; Types of Quasi-Experimental Designs --; Single-Group Posttest-Only Design --; Single-Group Pretest /Posttest Design --; Single-Group Time-Series Design --; Nonequivalent Control Group Posttest-Only Design --; Nonequivalent Control Group Pretest /Posttest Design --; Multiple-Group Time-Series Design --; Internal Validity and Confounds in Quasi-Experimental Designs --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Lab Resources --; Conducting Single-Case Research --; Types of Single-Case Designs --; Reversal Designs --; ABA Reversal Designs --; ABAB Reversal Designs --; Multiple-Baseline Designs --; Multiple Baselines Across Participants --; Multiple Baselines Across Behaviors --; Multiple Baselines Across Situations --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Lab Resources --; Summary and Review --; Explanatory Methods --; Between-Participants Experimental Designs --; Control and Confounds --; Threats to Internal Validity --; Nonequivalent Control Group --; History --; Maturation --; Testing --; Regression to the Mean --; Instrumentation --; Mortality or Attrition --; Diffusion of Treatment --; Experimenter and Participant Effects --; Floor and Ceiling Effects --; Threats to External Validity --; Generalization to Populations --; Generalization from Laboratory Settings --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Lab Resources --; Correlated-Groups and Developmental Designs --; Within-Participants Experimental Designs --; Matched-Participants Experimental Designs --; Developmental Designs --; Cross-Sectional Designs --; Longitudinal Designs --; Sequential Designs --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Lab Resources --; Advanced Experimental Designs --; Using Designs with More Than Two Levels of an Independent Variable --; Comparing More Than Two Kinds of Treatment in One Study --; Comparing Two or More Kinds of Treatment with the Control Group (No Treatment) --; Comparing a Placebo Group with the Control and Experimental Groups --; Using Designs with More Than One Independent Variable --; Factorial Notation and Factorial Designs --; Main Effects and Interaction Effects --; Possible Outcomes of a 2 X 2 Factorial Design --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Lab Resources --; Summary and Review --; Statistical Concepts --; Data Organization and Descriptive Statistics I --; Organizing Data --; Frequency Distributions --; Graphs --; Bar Graphs and Histograms --; Frequency Polygons --; Descriptive Statistics --; Measures of Central Tendency --; Mean --; Median --; Mode --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Statistical Software Resources --; Descriptive Statistics II --; Measures of Variation --; Range --; Standard Deviation --; Types of Distributions --; Normal Distributions --; Kurtosis --; Positively Skewed Distributions --; Negatively Skewed Distributions --; Z-Scores --; Z-Scores, the Standard Normal Distribution, Probability, and Percentile Ranks --; Correlation Coefficients --; Advanced Correlational Techniques: Regression Analysis --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Statistical Software Resources --; Inferential Statistics I-Hypothesis Testing --; Null and Alternative Hypotheses --; One- and Two-Tailed Hypothesis Tests --; Type I and Type II Errors in Hypothesis Testing --; Statistical Significance and Errors --; Parametric Statistics for Two-Group Designs --; T Test for Independent Groups (Samples): What It Is and What It Does --; Calculations for the Independent-Groups t Test --; Interpreting the t Test --; Graphing the Means --; Effect Size: Cohen's d --; Assumptions of the Independent-Groups t Test --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Statistical Software Resources --; Inferential Statistics II --; Comparing More Than Two Kinds of Treatment in One Study --; Analyzing the Multiple-Group Experiment --; Between-Participants Designs: One-Way Randomized ANOVA --; One-Way Randomized ANOVA: What It Is and What It Does --; Calculations for the One-Way Randomized ANOVA --; Interpreting the One-Way Randomized ANOVA --; Graphing the Means and Effect Size --; Assumptions of the One-Way Randomized ANOVA --; Tukey's Post Hoc Test --; One-Way Repeated Measure and Two-Way ANOVAs --; Summary --; Review of Key Terms --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; Lab Resources --; Statistical Software Resources --; Summary and Review --; APA Communications Guidelines --; Communicating Research Findings --; Writing Clearly --; Avoiding Grammatical Problems --; Reporting Numbers --; Citing and Referencing --; Citation Style: One Author --; Citation Style: Multiple Authors --; Reference Style --; Typing and Word Processing --; Organizing the Paper --; Title Page --; Abstract --; Introduction --; Method --; Results --; Discussion --; References --; Appendixes and Author Note --; Tables and Figures --; The Use of Headings --; APA Formatting Checklist --; Conference Presentations --; Oral Paper Presentations --; Poster Presentations --; Summary --; Module Exercises --; Critical Thinking Check Answers --; Web Resources --; APA Sample Manuscript --; Summary and Review --; Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises --; Statistical Tables
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