TY - BOOK AU - Bordens,Kenneth S. AU - Abbott,Bruce B. TI - Research and design methods: a process approach SN - 0072887648 (hbk) U1 - 150.72 PY - 2005/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Psychology KW - Research KW - Textbooks KW - Methodology N1 - Preface. - 1. Explaining behavior. - 2. Developing ideas for research and evaluating theories of behavior. - 3. Reviewing the scientific literature. - 4. Choosing a research design. - 5. Making systematic observations. - 6. Choosing and using participants and subjects: Pragmatic and ethical consideration. - 7. Using nonexperimental research. - 8. Using survey research. - 9. Using between-subjects and within-subjects experimental designs. - 10. Using specialized research designs. - 11. Using single-subject designs. - 12. Describing data. - 13. Using inferential statistics. - 14. Using multivariate design and analysis. - 15. Reporting your research results. - Appendix: Statistical tables. - Glossary. - References. - Credits. - Name index. - Subject index ER -