TY - BOOK AU - Rosenthal,Robert AU - Rosnow,Ralph L. TI - Essentials of behavioral research: methods and data analysis SN - 0073531960 AV - BF76.5 .R629 2008 U1 - 300.72 22 PY - 2008///] CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Psychology KW - Research KW - Methodology N1 - 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 N2 - "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 ER -