Methods Toward a Science of Behavior and Experience
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Science Students; Home-School Instruction. Booknews The textbook introduces techniques for doing behavioral research, focusing on the logic of testable hypotheses and the use of computer databases and major library references. The sixth edition adds discussion of the internet, and offers links to relevant research sites. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
PrefaceIntroductionAcknowledgmentsCh. 1What Is Science?1Ch. 2Introduction to the Methods of Science27Ch. 3Developing the Hypothesis58Ch. 4Description of Behavior Through Numerical Representation92Ch. 5Inferential Statistics: Making Statistical Decisions124Ch. 6Testing the Hypothesis: A Conceptual Introduction142Ch. 7Control: The Keystone of the Experimental Method166Ch. 8Applying the Logic of Experimentation: Between-Subjects Designs186Ch. 9Extending the Logic of Experimentation: Within-Subjects and Matched-Subjects Approaches219Ch. 10The Ecology of the Experiment: The Scientist and Subject in Relation to Their Environment239Ch. 11Quasi-Experimental, Correlational, and Naturalistic Observation Designs263Ch. 12Single-Subject Designs296Ch. 13Questionnaires, Survey Research, and Sampling317Ch. 14Ethics343Ch. 15Sharing the Results372Ch. 16Beyond Method395Appendix A Guidelines for Nonsexist Language in APA Journals415Appendix B Printed Article424Appendix C Article Manuscript (Selected Pages)431Appendix D Tables443Bibliography453Glossary Index467
