Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences

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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