It features step-by-step coverage of the research process including research design, statistical considerations, and guidance on writing up and presenting results. Recognized leaders in the field—authors Bart Weathington, Christopher Cunningham, and David Pittenger—present: Introductions to multiple research designs—including single-participant, multi-group, longitudinal, correlational, and experimental designs—accompanied by examples Bibliographic research and methods for appropriate sampling Identifying, developing, and evaluating reliable and valid approaches to measurement The issues and steps common to all single-factor and multifactor studies, as well as single-subject and nonexperimental methods How to summarize research in writing that conforms to the editorial guidelines of the American Psychological Association A comprehensive review of research methods and the statistical concepts that support them, Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences offers the best techniques for studying behavior and social phenomena.
The first half of the text concentrates on research methods and the second half introduces students to advanced statistical procedures. Strategies and Tactics of Behavioral Research and Practice focuses on the most effective methods for measuring and evaluating changes in behavior.
The authors provide the rationale for different procedures for measuring behavior and designing within-subject comparisons between control and intervention conditions. The text explains the strengths and weaknesses of methodological alternatives for every topic so that behavioral researchers and practitioners can make the best decisions in each situation.
This classic text has been extensively revised to be more accessible and practical. With expanded coverage on creating experimental designs, as well as new chapters on behavioral assessment, the statistical analysis of data, and ethical issues associated with research methods, this book provides a strong foundation for direct behavioral measurement, within-subject research design, and interpretation of behavioral interventions. Enriched with more pedagogical features, including key terms, tables summarizing important points, figures to help readers visualize text, and updated examples and suggested readings, this book is an invaluable resource for students taking courses in research methods.
This book is appropriate for researchers and practitioners in behavior analysis, psychology, education, social work, and other social and health science programs that address questions about behavior in research or practice settings.
The Internet is revolutionizing the way psychologists conduct behavioral research. This book goes beyond the basics to teach readers advanced methods for conducting behavioral research on the Internet. It is designed for researchers and advanced graduate students in the behavioral sciences seeking greater technical detail about research methods. 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. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version. This book explains how to conduct psychological research via the WWW, and outlines everything needed to get started?
It contains many examples ready to use on the Web, with brief discussions of the psychological theories being tested.
For those involved in behavioral research, interested in exploring a new medium with many advantages over traditional research methods. A broad theory of research methodology for psychology and the behavioral sciences that offers a coherent treatment of a range of behavioral research methods. This book considers scientific method in the behavioral sciences, with particular reference to psychology. Psychologists learn about research methods and use them to conduct their research, but their training teaches them little about the nature of scientific method itself.
Drawing on behavioral science methodology, the philosophy of science, and statistical theory, Haig constructs a broad theory of scientific method that has particular relevance for the behavioral sciences. He terms this account of method the abductive theory of method ATOM in recognition of the importance it assigns to explanatory reasoning.
ATOM offers the framework for a coherent treatment of a range of quantitative and qualitative behavioral research methods, giving equal treatment to data-analytic methods and methods of theory construction.
Haig draws on the new experimentalism in the philosophy of science to reconstruct the process of phenomena detection as it applies to psychology; he considers the logic and purpose of exploratory factor analysis; he discusses analogical modeling as a means of theory development; and he recommends the use of inference to the best explanation for evaluating theories in psychology.
Finally, he outlines the nature of research problems, discusses the nature of the abductive method, and describes applications of the method to grounded theory method and clinical reasoning.
The book will be of interest not only to philosophers of science but also to psychological researchers who want to deepen their conceptual understanding of research methods and methodological concerns. Now in its fourth edition, Behavioral Research and Analysis: An Introduction to Statistics within the Context of Experimental Design presents an overview of statistical methods within the context of experimental design. It covers fundamental topics such as data collection, data analysis, interpretation of results, and communication of findings.
New in the Fourth Edition: Extensive improvements based on suggestions from those using this book in the classroom Statistical procedures that have been developed and validated since the previous edition Each chapter in the body now contains relevant key words, chapter summaries, key word definitions, and end of chapter exercises with answers Revisions to include recent changes in the APA Style Manual When looking for a book for their own use, the authors found none that were totally suitable.
They found books that either reviewed the basics of behavioral research and experimental design but provided only cursory coverage of statistical methods or they provided coverage of statistical methods with very little coverage of the research context within which these methods are used.
No single resource provided coverage of methodology, statistics, and communication skills. In a classic example of necessity being the mother of invention, the authors created their own. This text is ideal for a single course that reviews research methods, essential statistics through multi-factor analysis of variance, and thesis or major project preparation without discussion of derivation of equations, probability theory, or mathematic proofs.
It focuses on essential information for getting a research project completed without prerequisite math or statistics training. It has been revised many times to help students at a variety of academic levels exceptional high school students, undergraduate honors students, masters students, doctoral students, and post-doctoral fellows across varied academic disciplines e.
Illustrating how to plan, prepare, conduct, and analyze an experimental or research report, the book emphasizes explaining statistical procedures and interpreting obtained results without discussing the derivation of equations or history of the method. Destined to spend more time on your desk than on the shelf, the book will become the single resource you reach for again and again when conducting scientific research and reporting it to the scientific community.
This new edition of Robert Sommer and Barbara Sommer's successful book A Practical Guide to Behavioral Research continues to emphasize a hands-on, multimethod, and interdisciplinary approach to behavioral research in psychology, sociology, and anthropology. It expands the fourth edition's coverage of computer-related research methods and employs an international perspective, presenting general principles and their practical applications.
It provides particularly strong treatment of observational approaches, behavior and cognitive mapping, electronic searches and Internet research, and action research. This revision includes two new chapters stimulated by student interest: Chapter 14, "Action Research," addresses the gap between doing research and having it applied; Chapter 15, "The Big Fuzzies," describes techniques for researching important concepts that are difficult to define and measure.
Written in an accessible, colloquial style, this popular book encourages students to actually do research instead of just learning the concepts and language. Clear descriptions and concrete examples of abstract concepts demystify research and help students think about research procedures in a variety of settings, not just in the laboratory.
It is also a useful resource for readers who need reliable information or anyone interested in behavioral studies. Skip to content. Methods in Behavioral Research. Author : Paul Chris Cozby. Methods in Behavioral Research Book Review:. Methods for Behavioral Research. Author : Paul D. Methods for Behavioral Research Book Review:. Author : Paul C. Introduction to Behavioral Research Methods.
Author : Mark R. Cozby,Scott C. Some of the most important things to look for are:. Is the site associated with a major educational institution or research organization?
Is information provided on the people who are responsible for the site? Is the information current? Do links from the site lead to legitimate organizations? Anatomy of a Research Article A. Abstract The abstract is a summary of the research report and typically runs no more than words in length. It includes information about the hypothesis, the procedure, and the broad pattern of results.
Introduction In the Introduction section, the researcher outlines the problem that has been investigated. Past research and theories relevant to the problem are described in detail. Method The Method section is divided into subsections, with the number of subsections determined by the author and dependent on the complexity of the research design. Sometimes, the first subsection presents an overview of the design to prepare the reader for the material that follows.
The next subsection describes the characteristics of the participants. The next subsection details the procedure used in the study. Other subsections may be necessary to describe in detail any equipment or testing materials that were used. Results In the Results section, the researcher presents the findings, usually in three ways: First, there is a description in narrative form.
Second, the results are described in statistical language. Third, the material is often depicted in tables and graphs. Discussion In the Discussion section, the researcher reviews the research from various perspectives.
Do the results support the hypothesis? If the hypothesis has not been supported, the author should suggest potential reasons. What might have been wrong with the methodology, the hypothesis, or both? The researcher may also discuss how the results compare with past.
Literature Reviews Articles that summarize the research in a particular area are also useful; these are known as literature reviews. For example, the journal Psychological Bulletin publishes reviews of the literature in various topic areas in psychology. For each, develop a hypothesis that is suggested by the saying and a prediction that follows from the hypothesis.
Based on Gardener, A specific prediction might be that dating couples in which one person is highly dominant and the other low on dominance will be more attracted to one another than couples in which both people are similar in dominance. Choose one of the hypotheses formulated in Activity Question 1 and develop a strategy for finding research on the topic using the computer database in your library. Some students might create a list of key terms that they would use to find research studies.
Then, students could go through the search results and select articles that they think are related to the topic. Theories serve two purposes: 1 to organize and explain observable events and 2 to generate new knowledge by guiding our way of looking at these events.
Identify a consistent behavior pattern in yourself or somebody close to you e. Generate two possible theories explanations for this occurrence e. How might each explanation lead to different approaches to changing the behavior pattern, either to decrease or increase its occurrence?
Depending on the observable event that the student selects the method that he or she would use to explain this event would vary.
It would be helpful to make a list of observations that would help one while he or she tries to explain it. They should write down or print information on the author, title, date of publication, and so forth on each article. Finally, they should try to track down one of the articles. Activity: Library Databases: Getting Information For this activity, modify the following handout to fit a specific university library system. Instructors may also want to modify the introductions to fit with detailed instructions that fit with that system.
Instructors can also modify the questions to pertain to your area as well. How many peer-reviewed journal articles have been published by someone with exactly the same last name as yours? How many database entries have discrimination as a keyword and the word social in the journal title? This is a handy tool that will allow students to keep track of articles they find relevant to their search and also allow them to generate a reference page that follows the APA format.
Discussion: Search Topics If the classroom has a computer then open the university library catalogue and have students generate search terms. Ault, R. What goes where? An activity to teach the organization of journal articles. Cameron, L. Assessment of PsycLit competence, attitudes, and instructional methods. Joswick, K. Getting the most from PsycLit: Recommendations for searching. Marmie, W.
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