Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods

✍ Scribed by Leary, Mark R

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2013;2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 399
• Edition: 6th ed., Pearson new international ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Rigorous, yet readable. The author presents the material with sufficient elaboration, explanation, and examples that not only interest the student, but make it understandable. Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods incorporates the four basic approaches to behavioral research (descriptive research, correlational research, experimental research, and quasi-experimental research), and shows students how to conceptualize questions, measure variables, design studies, and analyze data. Chapters on research ethics and scientific writing (including the most recent version of APA style) round out the book. Throughout each chapter, boxes on Developing Your Research Skills and Behavioral Research Case Study provide practical examples and pique student interest.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 4
Glossary......Page 6
C......Page 7
E......Page 9
F......Page 10
I......Page 11
M......Page 12
N......Page 13
P......Page 14
R......Page 16
S......Page 17
T......Page 18
Z......Page 19
1. Research in the Behavioral Sciences......Page 20
2. Behavioral Variability and Research......Page 50
3. The Measurement of Behavior......Page 68
4. Approaches to Psychological Measurement......Page 90
5. Selecting Research Participants......Page 118
6. Descriptive Research......Page 136
7. Correlational Research......Page 160
8. Advanced Correlational Strategies......Page 184
9. Basic Issues in Experimental Research......Page 204
10. Experimental Design......Page 236
11. Analyzing Experimental Data......Page 258
12. Analyzing Complex Experimental Designs......Page 278
13. Quasi-Experimental Designs......Page 298
14. Single-Case Research......Page 320
15. Ethical Issues in Behavioral Research......Page 338
Appendix: Statistical Tables......Page 362
Appendix: Computational Formulas for ANOVA......Page 368
Appendix: Choosing the Proper Statistical Analysis......Page 378
References......Page 380
B......Page 392
D......Page 393
F......Page 394
I......Page 395
O......Page 396
R......Page 397
S......Page 398
Y......Page 399

✦ Subjects

Nonfiction;Psychology;Textbooks