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Dedication
About This Book
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Understanding Science
2. Scientific Research in Psychology
3. Science and Common Sense
4. Science and Clinical Practice
5. Chapter 1
6. Basic Concepts
7. Generating Good Research Questions
8. Reviewing the Research Literature
9. Moral Foundations of Ethical Research
10. From Moral Principles to Ethics Codes
11. Putting Ethics Into Practice
12. Phenomena and Theories
13. The Variety of Theories in Psychology
14. Using Theories in Psychological Research
15. Understanding Psychological Measurement
16. Reliability and Validity of Measurement
17. Practical Strategies for Psychological Measurement
18. Experiment Basics
19. Experimental Design
20. Conducting Experiments
21. Overview of Nonexperimental Research
22. Correlational Research
23. Quasi-Experimental Research
24. Qualitative Research
25. Multiple Dependent Variables
26. Multiple Independent Variables
27. Complex Correlational Designs
28. Overview of Survey Research
29. Constructing Survey Questionnaires
30. Conducting Surveys
31. Overview of Single-Subject Research
32. Single-Subject Research Designs
33. The Single-Subject Versus Group “Debate”
34. American Psychological Association (APA) Style
35. Writing a Research Report in American Psychological Association (APA) Style
36. Other Presentation Formats
37. Describing Single Variables
38. Describing Statistical Relationships
39. Expressing Your Results
40. Conducting Your Analyses
41. Understanding Null Hypothesis Testing
42. Some Basic Null Hypothesis Tests
43. Additional Considerations
44. From the “Replicability Crisis” to Open Science Practices
Versioning History
Addendum - to test updates while book is public
To Surita, Kabir, and Aahaan, for opening my horizons — R.S.J.
To Daniel, Tesla, and Nia, for bringing me home — I.A.C.
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