TY - BOOK AU - Rosnow,Ralph L. AU - Rosenthal,Robert TI - Beginning behavioral research: a conceptual primer SN - 9780205810314 (alk. paper) AV - BF76.5 .R64 2013 PY - 2013///] CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson KW - Psychology KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Textbooks KW - Social sciences N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-374) and index; 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 ER -