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| Contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction: Overview and Background | |
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| Methodology: What It Is and Why It Is So Important | |
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| Unified Psychology | |
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| Beginning the Research Process | |
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| Research Ideas | |
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| Getting Out of Our Conceptual Ruts: Strategies for Expanding Conceptual Frameworks | |
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| Toward Terminological, Conceptual, and Statistical Clarity in the Study of Mediators and Moderators: Examples From the Child-Clinical and Pediatric Psychology Literatures | |
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| Foci of Research | |
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| In Defense of External Invalidity | |
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| When Small Effects Are Impressive | |
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| Methods: Principles and Practices | |
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| Sampling Participants and Conditions | |
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| Random Sampling, Randomization, and Equivalence of Contrasted Groups in Psychotherapy Outcome Research | |
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| Stimulus Sampling in Clinical Research: Representative Design Reviewed | |
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| Ethnicity and Underrepresented Groups | |
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| Science, Ethnicity, and Bias: Where Have We Gone Wrong? | |
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| Ethnic Representation in a Sample of the Literature of Applied Psychology | |
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| Assessment | |
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| Developing Measures | |
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| Constructing Validity: Basic Issues in Objective Scale Development | |
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| Reliability, Validity, and Utility | |
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| Clinical Applications of Analogue Behavioral Observation: Dimensions of Psychometric Evaluation | |
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| Psychological Testing and Psychological Assessment: A Review of Evidence and Issues | |
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| Measurement Among Different Samples | |
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| Methodological Issues in Assessment Research With Ethnic Minorities | |
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| Data Analysis, Evaluation, and Interpretation | |
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| Background and Underpinnings of Data Analyses | |
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| On the Origins of the .05 Level of Statistical Significance | |
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| Hypothesis Validity of Clinical Research | |
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| Things I Have Learned (So Far) | |
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| Null Hypotheses and Statistical Significance Testing | |
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| A Power Primer | |
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| Statistical Significance Testing and Cumulative Knowledge in Psychology: Implications for Training of Researchers | |
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| One Cheer for Null Hypothesis Significance Testing | |
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| The Proof of the Pudding: An Illustration of the Relative Strengths of Null Hypothesis, Meta-Analysis, and Bayesian Analysis | |
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| Special Topics in Clinical Research | |
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| Treatment Evaluation: Efficacy and Effectiveness | |
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| Research on Psychotherapy Efficacy and Effectiveness: Between Scylla and Charybdis? | |
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| Are Results of Randomized Controlled Trials Useful to Psychotherapists? | |
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| Improving the Transition From Basic Efficacy Research to Effectiveness Studies: Methodological Issues and Procedures | |
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| The Role of Method in Treatment Effectiveness Research: Evidence From Meta-Analysis | |
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| Evaluation in Clinical Work | |
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| Outcome Assessment: From Conceptualization to Implementation | |
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| Single-Participant Research Design: Bringing Science to Managed Care | |
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| Drawing Valid Inferences From Case Studies | |
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| Efficacy and Specific Effects Data on New Treatments: A Case Study Strategy With Mixed Anxiety-Depression | |
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| Expanding Outcome Assessment and Domains | |
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| Clinical Significance: Measuring Whether Interventions Make a Difference | |
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| Toward the Incorporation of Costs, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, and Cost-Benefit Analysis Into Clinical Research | |
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| Ethics in Research | |
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| Guidelines and Codes | |
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| Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct | |
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| Moral Foundations in Research with Human Participants | |
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| Special Topics and Issues | |
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| Ethical Transgressions of Psychology Graduate Students: Critical Incidents With Implications for Training | |
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| Reflections on Determining Authorship Credit and Authorship Order on Faculty-Student Collaborations | |
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| Publication and Communication of Research | |
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| Connecting Assessment, Research Design, and Conclusions | |
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| Statistical Methods in Psychology Journals: Guidelines and Explanations | |
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| Journal Publication | |
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| Preparing and Evaluating Research Reports | |
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| Writing a Review Article for Psychological Bulletin | |
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| Perspectives on Methodology | |
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| Methodology: General Lessons to Guide Research | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Editor | |