Fundamentals of Behavioral Research

Name: Fundamentals of Behavioral Research
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ISBN: 9780534630690

ISBN-10: 0534630693

ISBN-13: 9780534630690

Edition: 2005

Authors: William J. Lammers, Pietro Badia

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Offering a very easy-to-follow and practical approach for students who are learning to conduct their own research projects, this engaging text is designed to help students not only master the concepts of the course, but also become critical consumers of everyday research-related information. The authors provide numerous examples from the real world (as well as from many different areas of psychology), actual media reports with critical thinking questions, and case studies that provide insight into how a researcher "thinks through" issues of research design. The wide range of applications involves students and helps them understand how the research tools used in psychological research help…

Book details

List price: $212.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 9/16/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English




Overview of Behavioral Research



Ethical Principles of Research



Fundamentals of the Scientific Approach



Developing Research Questions: Hypotheses and Variables



Measurement



Methods of Data Collection



Sampling Techniques



Sources of Extraneous Variability



Using Experimental Control to Reduce Extraneous Variability



Experimental Design: Statistical Analysis of Data



Experimental Design: One-way Independent Samples Design



Experimental Design: One-way Correlated Samples Design



Experimental Design: Multiple Independent Variables



Experimental Designs: Single-Subject Designs and Time-Series Designs



Non-experimental Research Designs: Correlational Design, Ex Post Facto Design, Naturalistic, Observation, and Qualitative Research



Fundamentals of Disseminating Research



Summary of Behavioral Research



Statistical Tables



Sample Research Report



Sample Research Proposal