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008			080505s2009 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2008019946
020			_a9781593858377 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn225874571
035			_a(OCoLC)225874571
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dDLC
050	0	0	_aBF76.5 _b.K54 2009
082	0	0	_a150.72 _bK654b _222
100	1		_aKline, Rex B. _9120775 _2Local
245	1	0	_aBecoming a behavioral science researcher _ba guide to producing research that matters _cRex B. Kline.
260			_aNew York _bGuilford Press _cc2009.
300			_axii, 367 p. _bill. (some col.) _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 333-346) and indexes.
505	0		_aPromise and problems -- Introduction -- Not ready for prime time -- What students say they need -- Plan of the book -- Career paths for behavioral scientists -- The good, the bad, and the (really) ugly of behavioral science research -- The good -- The bad -- The (really) ugly -- Why? -- Concepts -- The research trinity -- Trinity overview -- Design -- Measurement -- Analysis -- Internal validity -- Construct validity -- Conclusion validity -- External validity and sampling -- Design and analysis -- Chapter overview -- From question to design -- Experimental designs -- Controlled quasi-experimental designs -- Nonequivalent-group designs -- Regression-discontinuity designs -- Other quasi-experimental designs -- Nonexperimental designs -- Resources for learning more -- The truth about statistics -- Study strategy -- A dozen truths about statistics -- What statistical significance really means -- Misinterpretations of statistical significance -- Why are there so many myths? -- Other drawbacks of statistical tests -- In defense of statistical tests -- Recommendations for changing times -- Appendix: Review of statistics fundamentals -- Effect size estimation -- Contexts for estimating effect size -- Families of parametric effect sizes -- Estimating effect size when comparing two samples -- Measures of association for more complex designs -- Effect sizes for dichotomous outcomes -- T-shirt effect sizes, importance, and cautions -- Approximate confidence intervals -- Research examples -- Appendix: Noncentrality interval estimation for effect sizes -- Measurement -- Chapter scope -- The critical yet underappreciated role of measurement -- Measurement process overview -- Resources for finding measures -- Adapting or translating tests -- Evaluation of score reliability and validity -- Checklist for evaluating measures -- Recent developments in test theory -- Skills -- Practical data analysis -- Vision first, then simplicity -- Managing complex analyses (batch to the future) -- Data screening -- Writing -- Plagiarism and academic integrity -- Writing as learning -- Getting started -- The role of style guides -- General principles of good writing -- Principles of good scientific writing -- Writing sections of empirical studies -- Effective graphical displays -- Ready for the big time -- Appendix: Example results section -- Presentations -- Challenges of oral presentations -- Problems with PowerPoint presentations -- Principles for creating effective PowerPoint presentations -- Lessons from multimedia learning -- Other PowerPoint issues -- Poster presentations -- Appendix: example slides, handout, and poster.
650		0	_aPsychology _xResearch. _2Local _9154751
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0818/2008019946.html
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