Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences

Name: Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences
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ISBN: 9780495509783

ISBN-10: 0495509787

ISBN-13: 9780495509783

Edition: 3rd 2009

Authors: Lori-Ann B. Forzano, Frederick J. Gravetter

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Bestselling statistics author, Fredrick J. Gravetter, and co-author Lori-Ann B. Forzano have written a text for research methods that helps you see how interesting and exciting experimental and non-experimental research can be. Inviting and conversational, RESEARCH METHODS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, Third Edition, leads you through the research process from start to finish. The text opens with tips and strategies for generating research ideas, moves to selecting measures and participants, and then offers an examination of research strategy and design. This step-by-step approach emphasizes the decisions researchers must make at each stage of the process. The authors avoid a "cookbook"…

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List price: $273.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 1/28/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 560
Size: 7.75" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.398

Frederick J Gravetter is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at The College at Brockport, State University of New York College. While teaching at Brockport, he specialized in statistics, research design, and cognitive psychology. Dr. Gravetter received his Bachelor's degree in mathematics from M.I.T. and his Ph.D. in psychology from Duke University. In addition to publishing several research articles, Dr. Gravetter is co-author of the best-selling STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 9th Edition, ESSENTIALS OF STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 8th Edition, and (with Lori-Ann B. Forzano) RESEARCH METHODS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 5th Edition.




Introduction, Acquiring Knowledge, and the Scientific Method



Research Ideas



Defining and Measuring Variables



Ethics in Research



Selecting Research Participants



Research Strategies and Validity



The Experimental Research Strategy



Experimental Designs: Between-Subjects Designs



Experimental Designs: Within-Subjects Designs



Non-Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Strategies: Nonequivalent Group, Pre-Post, and Developmental Designs



Factorial Designs



Correlational Research Strategy



Descriptive Research Strategy



Single-Subject Experimental Designs



Statistical Evaluation of Data



Writing an APA Style Research Report



Random Number Table and Instructions



Statistics Demonstrations and Statistical Tables



SPSS Instructions



Sample Research Paper


Glossary


References


Index