| Phys. Description |
xviii, 703 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Methodology: what it is and why it is important -- Beginning the research process: key concepts that can guide a study -- Getting out of our conceptual ruts: strategies for expanding conceptual frameworks -- Translational research -- In defense of external invalidity -- When small effects are impressive -- Most people are not WEIRD -- The neglected 95%: why American psychology needs to become less American -- Amazon's Mechanical Turk: a new source on inexpensive, yet high-quality data? -- Random sampling, randomization, and equivalence of contrasted groups in psychotherapy outcome research -- Experimental and observational designs: an overview -- Constructing validity: basic issues in objective scale development -- Selecting measures for research investigations -- Measurement and assessment: an editorial view -- Methodological issues in assessment research with ethnic minorities -- On the origins of the .05 level of statistical significance -- Things I have learned (so far) -- A power primer -- Statistical significance testing and cumulative knowledge in psychology: implications for training of researchers -- An effect size primer: a guide for clinicians and researchers -- The proof of the pudding: an illustration of the relative strengths of null hypothesis, meta-analysis, and bayesian analysis -- Designing better graphs by including distributional information and integrating words, numbers, and images -- Collecting client feedback -- Revisiting and reenvisioning the outcome problem in psychotherapy: an argument to include individualized and qualitative measurement -- Beyond efficacy and effectiveness: a multifaceted approach to treatment evaluation -- Methodological challenges in treatment outcome research with ethnic minorities -- The epistemology of mathematical and statistical modeling: a quiet methodological revolution -- Qualitative research and its place in psychological science -- Single-case experimental research designs -- Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct -- Research ethics: how to treat people who participate in research -- Research ethics for mental health science involving ethnic minority children and youths -- False-positive psychology: undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant -- Why has the number of scientific retractions increased? -- Best practices for allocating appropriate credit and responsibility to authors of multi-authored articles -- Shall we really do it again? The powerful concept of replication is neglected in the social sciences -- The empirical march: making science better at self-correction -- Recommendations for increasing replicability in psychology -- Reporting standards for research in psychology: why do we need them? What might they be? -- Publication and communication of research findings -- Writing a review article for Psychological Bulletin -- Methodology: perspectives and general lessons to guide research. |
| Subject |
Psychology, Clinical -- methods.
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Research Design.
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| Other Number |
2015017881 |
| Alt Author |
Kazdin, Alan E., editor.
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American Psychological Association, issuing body.
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| Alt Title |
Methodological issues and strategies in clinical research |
| ISBN |
9781433820915 (hc) |
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1433820919 (hc) |
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9781433820922 (pbk.) |
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1433820927 (pbk.) |
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