Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods

6. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-292-02027-3
Verlag: Pearson

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 988 g

The author presents the material with sufficient elaboration, explanation, and examples that not only interest the student, but make it understandable.

incorporates the four basic approaches to behavioral research (descriptive research, correlational research, experimental research, and quasi-experimental research), and shows students how to conceptualize questions, measure variables, design studies, and analyze data. Chapters on research ethics and scientific writing (including the most recent version of APA style) round out the book. Throughout each chapter, boxes on “Developing Your Research Skills” and “Behavioral Research Case Study” provide practical examples and pique student interest.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Leary, Mark

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Chapter 1: Research in the Behavioral Sciences
2. Chapter 2: Behavioral Variability and Research
3. Chapter 3: The Measurement of Behavior
4. Chapter 4: Approaches to Psychological Measurement  
5. Chapter 5: Selecting Research Participants 
6. Chapter 6: Descriptive Research
7. Chapter 7: Correlational Research
8. Chapter 8: Advanced Correlational Strategies
9. Chapter 9: Basic Issues in Experimental Research
10. Chapter 10: Experimental Design
11. Chapter 11: Analyzing Experimental Data
12. Chapter 12: Analyzing Complex Designs
13. Chapter 13: Quasi-Experimental Designs
14. Chapter 14: Single-Case Research
15. Chapter 15: Ethical Issues in Behavioral Research
16. Chapter 16: Scientific Writing

Über Autor(innen)

Mark R. Leary, Ph. D., Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University, received his B.A. from West Virginia Wesleyan College (1976) and his doctorate from the University of Florida (1980). He taught at Denison University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Wake Forest University before moving to Duke. Dr. Leary’s research and writing focus on social motivation and emotion, areas in which he has published more than 150 scholarly articles and chapters. Dr. Leary is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and the Association for Psychological Science, as well as a member of the International Association for Relationship Research and the International Society for Self and Identity. Dr. Leary was the founding editor of , a new scholarly journal, and served for nine years as Associate Editor of the . He has also served on the editorial review boards of the , , , and .