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RESEARCH METHODS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, Fifth Edition, helps readers see how interesting and exciting experimental and nonexperimental research can be. Inviting and conversational, the book leads readers through the research process from start to finish. It begins 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 presentation emphasizes the decisions researchers must make at each stage of the process. The authors avoid a "cookbook" approach by linking terminology with applied concepts; their "lecture in a book" style makes the text accessible by emphasizing discussion and explanation of topics. Examples and content throughout the book reflect the most current APA guidelines.
List of contents
Preface.
1. Introduction, Acquiring Knowledge, and the Scientific Method.
2. Research Ideas and Hypotheses.
3. Defining and Measuring Variables.
4. Ethics in Research.
5. Selecting Research Participants.
6. Research Strategies and Validity.
7. The Experimental Research Strategy.
8. Experimental Designs: Between-Subjects Design.
9. Experimental Designs: Within-Subjects Design.
10. The Nonexperimental and Quasi-Experimental Strategies: Nonequivalent Group, Pre–Post, and Developmental Designs.
11. Factorial Designs.
12. The Correlational Research Strategy.
13. The Descriptive Research Strategy.
14. Single-Subject Research Designs.
15. Statistical Evaluation of Data.
16. Writing an APA-Style Research Report.
APPENDICES.
A. Random Number Table and Instruction.
B. Statistics Demonstrations and Statistical Tables.
C. Instructions for Using SPSS.
D. Sample APA-Style Research Report Manuscript for Publication.
Glossary.
References.
Name Index.
Subject Index.
About the author
The late Frederick J Gravetter was professor emeritus of psychology at State University of New York, Brockport. While teaching at Brockport, Dr. Gravetter specialized in statistics, experimental design and cognitive psychology. He 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 co-authored STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES and ESSENTIAL OF STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES.Lori-Ann B Forzano is a professor of psychology at State University of New York, Brockport, where she regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in research methods, statistics, learning, animal behavior and the psychology of eating. Her research examines impulsivity and self-control in adults and children and has been published in the Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Learning and Motivation and The Psychological Record. Dr. Forzano also co-authored ESSENTIALS OF STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. She received her PhD in experimental psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Summary
Helps readers see how interesting and exciting experimental and nonexperimental research can be. This book begins with tips and strategies for generating research ideas, moves to selecting measures and participants, and then offers an examination of research strategy and design.
