03683nam a2200253 a 4500 vtls000039523 KUKTEM 20251117145440.0 090706t2009 nyua f b 001 0 eng d 9781593858384 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9781593858377 (pbk. : alk. paper) 201107132147 VLOAD 201006161152 fauzi 200908141643 VLOAD 200908141619 VLOAD 200907061515 shah UMP BF76.5 .K54 2009 Kline, Rex B. Becoming a behavioral science researcher : a guide to producing research that matters / Rex B. Kline New York : Guilford Press, c2009 xii, 367 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-346) and indexes Promise 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 Psychology Research Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0818/2008019946.html 0 0 0 0 10000 10000 2019-09-04 189.75 0 BF76.5 .K54 2009 0000047552 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 189.75 2019-09-04 OPEN VIRTUA40 46451 46457 VTLSSORT0080*0200*0201*0400*0900*1000*2450*2600*3000*5040*5050*6500*8560*9991