Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences

✍ Scribed by Gregory J. Privitera

• Publisher: Sage
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 617
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

RESEARCH METHODS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - FRONT COVER
RESEARCH METHODS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
COPYRIGHT
BRIEF CONTENTS
DETAILED CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
TO THE STUDENT—HOW TO USE SPSS WITH THIS BOOK
SECTION I - SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION TO SCIENTIFIC THINKING
CHAPTER 2 - GENERATING TESTABLE IDEAS
CHAPTER 3 - RESEARCH ETHICS
SECTION II - DEFINING AND MEASURING VARIABLES, SELECTING SAMPLES, AND CHOOSING AN APPROPRIATE RESEARCH DESIGN
CHAPTER 4 - IDENTIFYING SCIENTIFIC VARIABLES
CHAPTER 5 - SAMPLING FROM POPULATIONS
CHAPTER 6 - CHOOSING A RESEARCH DESIGN
SECTION III - NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS
CHAPTER 7 - NATURALISTIC, QUALITATIVE, AND EXISTING DATA RESEARCH DESIGNS
CHAPTER 8 - SURVEY AND CORRELATIONAL RESEARCH DESIGNS
SECTION IV - QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS
CHAPTER 9 - QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL AND SINGLE-CASE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
CHAPTER 10 - BETWEEN-SUBJECTS EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
CHAPTER 11 - WITHIN-SUBJECTS EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
CHAPTER 12 - FACTORIAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
SECTION V - ANALYZING, INTERPRETING, AND COMMUNICATING RESEARCH DATA
CHAPTER 13 - ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION: EXPOSITION OF DATA
CHAPTER 14 - ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION: MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT DATA
CHAPTER 15 - COMMUNICATING RESEARCH: PREPARING MANUSCRIPTS, POSTERS, AND TALKS
APPENDIX A - APA-STYLE WRITING, SAMPLE MANUSCRIPT, AND POSTERS
APPENDIX B - INSTRUCTIONS FOR RANDOMIZING AND COUNTERBALANCING
APPENDIX C - SPSS GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS GUIDE AND STATISTICAL TABLES
GLOSSARY
REFERENCES
INDEX