Solution Manual for Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences, 3rd Edition, Gregory J. Privitera

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1544309813
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1544309811
• Author: Gregory J. Privitera

Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences, Third Edition employs a problem-focused approach to present a clear and comprehensive introduction to research methods. Award-winning teacher, author, and advisor Gregory J. Privitera fully integrates the research methods decision tree into the text to help students choose the most appropriate methodology for the research question they are seeking to answer. Speaking to readers directly, Privitera empowers students to view research methods as something they can understand and apply in their daily lives.

Table contents:

1. SECTION I • SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
2. Chapter 1 • Introduction to Scientific Thinking
3. 1.1 Science as a Method of Knowing
4. 1.2 The Scientific Method
5. 1.3 Other Methods of Knowing
6. 1.4 The Goals of Science
7. 1.5 Approaches in Acquiring Knowledge
8. 1.6 Distinguishing Science From Pseudoscience
9. Chapter 2 • Generating Testable Ideas
10. 2.1 Generating Interesting and Novel Ideas
11. 2.2 Converting Ideas to Hypotheses and Theories
12. 2.3 Developing Your Idea: Deduction and Induction
13. 2.4 Performing a Literature Review
14. 2.5 Ethics in Focus: Giving Proper Credit
15. 2.6 The “3 Cs” of an Effective Literature Review
16. 2.7 Testing Your Idea: Confirmation and Disconfirmation
17. 2.8 Ethics in Focus: Publication Bias
18. Chapter 3 • Research Ethics
19. 3.1 Ethics in Behavioral Research
20. 3.2 The Need for Ethics Committees in Research: A Historical Synopsis
21. 3.3 Ethics in Focus: Examples From Psychology
22. 3.4 Human Participant Research: IRBs and the APA Code of Conduct
23. 3.5 Ethics in Focus: Anonymity and Confidentiality
24. 3.6 Animal Subject Research: IACUCs and the APA Code of Conduct
25. 3.7 Additional Ethical Considerations: Scientific Integrity
26. SECTION II • DEFINING AND MEASURING VARIABLES, SELECTING SAMPLES, AND CHOOSING AN APPROPRIATE RESEARCH DESIGN
27. Chapter 4 • Identifying Scientific Variables
28. 4.1 Criteria for Defining and Measuring Variables
29. 4.2 Constructs and Operational Definitions
30. 4.3 Types of Variables
31. 4.4 Scales of Measurement
32. 4.5 Reliability of a Measurement
33. 4.6 Validity of a Measurement
34. 4.7 Selecting a Measurement Procedure
35. 4.8 Ethics in Focus: Replication as a Gauge for Fraud?
36. 4.9 SPSS in Focus: Entering and Coding Data
37. Chapter 5 • Sampling From Populations
38. 5.1 Why Do Researchers Select Samples?
39. 5.2 Subjects, Participants, and Sampling Methods
40. 5.3 Methods of Sampling: Nonprobability Sampling
41. 5.4 Methods of Sampling: Probability Sampling
42. 5.5 Sampling Error and Standard Error of the Mean
43. 5.6 SPSS in Focus: Estimating the Standard Error of the Mean
44. 5.7 Potential Biases in Sampling
45. 5.8 Ethics in Focus: Participant Pools
46. 5.9 SPSS in Focus: Identifying New Populations Using the One-Sample t Test
47. Chapter 6 • Choosing a Research Design
48. 6.1 Designing a Study to Answer a Question
49. 6.2 Categories of Research Design
50. 6.3 Internal and External Validity
51. 6.4 Demonstrating Cause in an Experiment
52. 6.5 Ethics in Focus: Beneficence and Random Assignment
53. 6.6 Threats to the Internal Validity of a Research Study
54. 6.7 Threats to the External Validity of a Research Study
55. 6.8 External Validity, Experimentation, and Realism
56. 6.9 A Final Thought on Validity and Choosing a Research Design
57. SECTION III • NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS
58. Chapter 7 • Naturalistic, Qualitative, and Existing Data Research Designs
59. Naturalistic Observation
60. 7.1 An Overview of Naturalistic Observation
61. 7.2 The Research Setting: Natural and Contrived Settings
62. 7.3 Techniques for Conducting Naturalistic Observation
63. 7.4 Ethics in Focus: Influencing Participant Behavior
64. Qualitative Designs
65. 7.5 An Overview of Qualitative Designs
66. 7.6 Qualitative Research Designs
67. 7.7 Ethics in Focus: Anonymity in Qualitative Research
68. Existing Data Designs
69. 7.8 An Overview of Existing Data Designs
70. 7.9 Existing Data Designs
71. 7.10 Ethics in Focus: Existing Data and Experimenter Bias
72. Chapter 8 • Survey and Correlational Research Designs
73. Survey Designs
74. 8.1 An Overview of Survey Designs
75. 8.2 Types of Survey Items
76. 8.3 Rules for Writing Survey Items
77. 8.4 Administering Surveys
78. 8.5 Surveys, Sampling, and Nonresponse Bias
79. 8.6 Ethics in Focus: Handling and Administering Surveys
80. Correlational Designs
81. 8.7 The Structure of Correlational Designs
82. 8.8 Describing the Relationship Between Variables
83. 8.9 Limitations in Interpretation
84. 8.10 Correlation, Regression, and Prediction
85. 8.11 SPSS in Focus: Correlation and Linear Regression
86. SECTION IV • QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS
87. Chapter 9 • Quasi-Experimental and Single-Case Experimental Designs
88. Quasi-Experimental Designs
89. 9.1 An Overview of Quasi-Experimental Designs
90. 9.2 Quasi-Experimental Design: One-Group Designs
91. 9.3 Quasi-Experimental Design: Nonequivalent Control Group Designs
92. 9.4 Quasi-Experimental Design: Time Series Designs
93. 9.5 Quasi-Experimental Design: Developmental Designs
94. 9.6 Ethics in Focus: Development and Aging
95. Single-Case Experimental Designs
96. 9.7 An Overview of Single-Case Designs
97. 9.8 Single-Case Baseline-Phase Designs
98. 9.9 Validity, Stability, Magnitude, and Generality
99. 9.10 Ethics in Focus: The Ethics of Innovation
100. Chapter 10 • Between-Subjects Experimental Designs
101. 10.1 Conducting Experiments: Between-Subjects Design
102. 10.2 Experimental Versus Control Group
103. 10.3 Manipulation and the Independent Variable
104. 10.4 Variability and the Independent Variable
105. 10.5 Ethics in Focus: The Accountability of Manipulation
106. 10.6 Comparing Two Independent Samples
107. 10.7 SPSS in Focus: Two-Independent-Sample t Test
108. 10.8 Comparing Two or More Independent Samples
109. 10.9 SPSS in Focus: One-Way Between-Subjects ANOVA
110. 10.10 Measuring the Dependent Variable
111. 10.11 Advantages and Disadvantages of the Between-Subjects Design
112. Chapter 11 • Within-Subjects Experimental Designs
113. 11.1 Conducting Experiments: Within-Subjects Design
114. 11.2 Controlling Time-Related Factors
115. 11.3 Ethics in Focus: Minimizing Participant Fatigue
116. 11.4 Individual Differences and Variability
117. 11.5 Comparing Two Related Samples
118. 11.6 SPSS in Focus: Related-Samples t Test
119. 11.7 Comparing Two or More Related Samples
120. 11.8 SPSS in Focus: One-Way Within-Subjects ANOVA
121. 11.9 An Alternative to Pre-Post Designs: Solomon Four-Group Design
122. 11.10 Comparing Between-Subjects and Within-Subjects Designs

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