Strengthening research methodology
Subtitle: psychological measurement and evaluation
By: edited by Richard R. Bootzin and Patrick E. McKnight.
Contributors: Bootzin, Richard R., 1940-; McKnight, Patrick E.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: APA science volumes; Decade of behavior.
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Clinical psychology -- Research -- Metholodogy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Thomas D. Cook; title: Introduction / Richard R. Bootzin and Patrick E. McKnight; title: Part I: Excellence and realism in measurement; title: Evidence-based education : why evidence-based education depends on changing teaching and how to do it / Ronald Gallimore and Rossella Santagata; title: Heroic rescue during the Holocaust : empirical and methodological perspectives / Elizabeth Midlarsky, Stephanie Fagin Jones, and Robin K. Nemeroff; title: Understanding social contexts and coping : connections with intervention programs / Rudolf H. Moos; title: Daily stress and coping and outcome in cognitive therapy : research inspired by psychotherapy and the psychology of behavior change / Lawrence H. Cohen, Kathleen C. Gunthert, and Andrew C. Butler; title: Part II: Methodology in research and evaluation; title: Mechanisms of change in psychotherapy : advances, breakthroughs, and cutting-edge research (do not yet exist) / Alan E. Kazdin; title: Treatment strength and integrity : models and methods / David S. Cordray and Georgine M. Pion; title: Random assignment : a systematic review / Souraya Sidani; title: Propensity scores and quasi-experiments : a testimony to the practical side of Lee Sechrest / William R. Shadish, Jason K. Luellen, and M.H. Clark; title: Part III: Validity and measurement in evaluation; title: Seeing your data : using modern statistical graphics to display and detect relationships; title: How to fool yourself with experiments in testing theories in psychological research / Werner W. Wittmann and Petra L. Klumb; title: Improving prediction from clinical assessment : the roles of measurement, psychometric theory, and decision theory / Timothy R. Stickle and Carl F. Weems; title: Part IV: Methodological mentoring; title: Rear end validity : a caution / Bradley H. Smith; title: The nature of scientific legacy : the case of Lee Sechrest / Patrick E. McKnight, Katherine M. McKnight, and A.J. Figueredo; title: Epilogue / Robert Boruch.