Essentials of behavioral research : methods and data analysis

This classic advanced undergraduate/graduate text in research methods requires statistics as a prerequisite. The first half of the text concentrates on research methods and the second half introduces students to advanced statistical procedures.

• Part I Empirical Inquiry and Decision Criteria
• Chapter 1 The Nature of Behavioral Research
• Chapter 2 Development and Testing of Research Ideas
• Chapter 3 Standards of Reliability and Validity
• Part II Nature and Limitations of Control Procedures
• Chapter 4 Structure and Logic of Experimental Designs
• Chapter 5 Models of Quasi-Experimental Designs
• Chapter 6 Subject-Experimenter Artifacts and Their Control
• Part III Data Collection and Measurement Procedures
• Chapter 7 Further Strategies for Gathering Data
• Chapter 8 Systematic Observation, Unobtrusive Measures, and Rating Formats
• Chapter 9 Interviews, Questionnaires, and Self-Recorded Diaries
• Part IV Basic Issues in the Implementation of Research
• Chapter 10 Considerations in the Selection of Subjects and Stimuli
• Chapter 11 Ethics and Values in Human Subject Research
• Chapter 12 Systematic Pluralism and Statistical Data Analysis
• Part V Fundamentals of Data Analysis
• Chapter 13 Describing and Displaying Data
• Chapter 14 Correlation
• Chapter 15 Comparing Means
• Part VI More on Analysis of Variance
• Chapter 16 Factorial Design of Experiments
• Chapter 17 Interaction Effects
• Chapter 18 Repeated-Measures Designs
• Part VII Power and Focused Analyses
• Chapter 19 Assessing and Increasing Power
• Chapter 20 Blocking and the Increase of Power
• Chapter 21 Contrast Analysis: An Introduction
• Part VIII Additional Topics in Data Analysis
• Chapter 22 Meta-Analysis: Comparing and Combining Results
• Chapter 23 Chi-Square and the Analysis of Tables
• Chapter 24 Multivariate Procedures