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Research Design and Methods : A Process Approach, 6/e
Kenneth S. Bordens, Indiana University/Purdue University - Fort Wayne
Bruce Barrington Abbott, Indiana University/Purdue University

ISBN: 0072887648
Copyright year: 2005

Table of Contents


  1. Explaining Behavior
    • Framing a Problem in Scientific Terms
    • Why Should You Care about Learning about Research?
    • Exploring the Causes of Behavior
    • Explaining Behavior
    • When Scientific Explanations Fail
    • Failures Due to Faulty Inference
    • Methods of Inquiry
    • Translating the Scientific Method into Practice: The Research Process
  2. Developing Ideas for Research and Evaluating Theories of Behavior
    • Sources of Research Ideas
    • Developing Good Research Questions
    • Scientific Theories
    • Types of Theory
    • Roles of Theory in Science
    • Characteristics of a Good Theory
    • Using Confirmational and Disconfirmational Strategies Together
    • Theory-Driven versus Data-Driven Research
  3. Reviewing the Scientific Literature
    • Reasons for Reviewing the Literature
    • Sources of Research Information
    • Performing Library Research
    • Reading Research Reports
    • Factors Affecting the Quality of a Source of Research Information
    • Fraud and the Role of Values in the Research Process
    • Developing Hypotheses
  4. Choosing a Research Design
    • Functions of a Research Design
    • Causal versus Correlational Relationships
    • Correlational Research
    • Experimental Research
    • Internal and External Validity
    • Research Settings
  5. Making Systematic Observations
    • Deciding What to Observe
    • Choosing Specific Variables for Your Study
    • Choosing Your Measures
    • Choosing When to Observe
    • The Reactive Nature of Psychological Measurement
    • Automating Your Experiments
    • Detecting and Correcting Problems
  6. Choosing and Using Participants and Subjects: Pragmatic and Ethical Considerations
    • General Considerations
    • Considerations When Using Human Participants
    • Acquiring Human Participants for Research
    • Voluntary Participation and Validity
    • Research Using Deception
    • Considerations When Using Animals as Subjects in Research
    • Alternatives to Animals in Research: In Vitro Methods and Computer Simulation
  7. Using Nonexperimental Research
    • Conducting Observational Research
    • Qualitative Approaches
    • Naturalistic Observation
    • Ethnography
    • Sociometry
    • The Case History
    • Archival Research
    • Content Analysis
    • Meta-Analysis: A Tool for Comparing Results Across Studies
  8. Using Survey Research
    • Survey Research
    • Designing Your Questionnaire
    • Administering Your Questionnaire
    • Assessing the Reliability of Your Questionnaire
    • Assessing the Validity of Your Questionnaire
    • Acquiring a Sample for Your Survey
  9. Using Between-Subjects and Within-Subjects Experimental Designs
    • Types of Experimental Design
    • The Problem of Error Variance in Between-Subjects and Within-Subjects Designs
    • Between-Subjects Designs
    • Within-Subjects Designs
    • Designs With Two or More Independent Variables
    • Designs With Two or More Dependent Variables
    • Confounding and Experimental Design
  10. Using Specialized Research Designs
    • Combining Between-Subjects and Within-Subjects Designs
    • Combining Experimental and Correlational Designs
    • Quasi-Experimental Designs
    • Pretest-Posttest Designs
    • Developmental Designs
  11. Using Single-Subject Designs
    • A Little History
    • Baseline, Dynamic, and Discrete Trials Designs
    • Baseline Designs
    • Dynamic Designs
    • Discrete Trials Designs
    • Inferential Statistics and Single-Subject Designs
    • Advantages and Disadvantages of the Single-Subject Approach
  12. Describing Data
    • Descriptive Statistics and Exploratory Data Analysis
    • Organizing Your Data
    • Graphing Your Data
    • The Frequency Distribution
    • Descriptive Statistics: Measures of Center and Spread
    • Measures of Association, Regression, and Related Topics
  13. Using Inferential Statistics
    • Inferential Statistics: Basic Concepts
    • The Logic Behind Inferential Statistics
    • Parametric Statistics
    • Nonparametric Statistics
    • Special Topics in Inferential Statistics
  14. Using Multivariate Design and Analysis
    • Correlational and Experimental Multivariate Designs
    • Assumptions and Requirements of Multivariate Statistics
    • Multivariate Statistical Tests
    • Multivariate Analysis: A Cautionary Note
  15. Reporting Your Research Results
    • APA Writing Style
    • Writing an APA-Style Research Paper
    • Expression, Organization, and Style
    • Telling the World about Your Results
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