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Beginning behavioral research : a conceptual primer

Title
Beginning behavioral research : a conceptual primer / Ralph L. Rosnow, Robert Rosenthal.
Author
Rosnow, Ralph L.
Publication
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2002.

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Additional Authors
Rosenthal, Robert, 1933-2024
Description
xx, 460 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Psychology > Research > Methodology > Textbooks
  • Social sciences > Research > Methodology > Textbooks
  • Psychology > Research > Methodology
  • Social sciences > Research > Methodology
  • Gedragswetenschappen
  • Methodologie
  • Behavioral Research
Genre/Form
Textbooks.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-443) and indexes.
Contents
pt. I. Getting started. The scientific outlook ; Strategies of discovery ; Ethical considerations -- pt. II. Observation and measurement. Systematic observational methods ; Self-report methods ; Reliability and validity -- pt. III. Design and implementation. The logic of randomized experiments ; Categories of quasi-experimental research ; Survey designs and subject recruitment -- pt. IV. Describing and hypothesis testing. Summarizing the data ; Examining relationships ; Statistical significance and practical importance -- pt. V. Statistical tests. The t test ; The F test ; Chi-square -- Appendix A : Reporting the research in a paper or poster -- Appendix B : Statistical tables -- Appendix C : Introduction to meta-analysis and contrast analysis.
ISBN
  • 0130915173
  • 9780130915177
  • 0131229133
  • 9780131229136
LCCN
2001032170
OCLC
  • ocm46866319
  • 46866319
  • SCSB-1237271
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library