Beginning behavioral research : a conceptual primer /
Ralph L. Rosnow, Robert Rosenthal.
- Seventh edition
- xiv, 386 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Getting started -- Behavioral research and the scientific method -- From hunches to testable hypotheses -- Ethical considerations and guidelines -- Observation and measurement -- Methods of systematic observation -- Methods for looking within ourselves -- Reliability and validity in measurement and research -- Design and implementation -- Randomized experiments and causal inference -- Nonrandomized research and causal reasoning -- Survey research and subject recruitment -- Describing data and drawing inferences -- Summarizing the data