Psychological methodology

An examination of the efficacy and safety of psychiatric medications in light of how little is understood about how they workIt is estimated that forty-five to fifty percent of all Americans will suffer a mental disorder at some time during their lives.

From the founder of empowerment evaluation (EE), a framework uniquely suited to advancing social justice causes, this book explains the theories, principles, and steps of conducting EE from scratch or within a preexisting evaluation or work plan.

This unique text provides a broad introduction to qualitative analysis together with concrete demonstrations and comparisons of five major approaches.

Bringing together leading authorities, this unique handbook reviews the breadth of current approaches for studying how people think, feel, and behave in everyday environments, rather than in the laboratory.

This unique text provides a broad introduction to qualitative analysis together with concrete demonstrations and comparisons of five major approaches.

A complete, thorough, and pragmatic guide to clinical assessment, this authoritative book meets a key need for both students and practitioners.

This compelling work brings together leading social psychologists and evaluators to explore the intersection of these two fields and how their theory, practices, and research findings can enhance each other.

From distinguished scholar Donna M.

In this widely adopted text and professional reference, leading contributors provide the knowledge needed to design strong qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-method studies; analyze the resulting data; and translate findings into improved practices and programs.

This book provides invaluable guidance for thinking through and planning a qualitative study.

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This accessibly written book is ideal for use in graduate courses or by practicing researchers and evaluators.

Focusing on ethical challenges in program evaluation, this innovative book features six case-study scenarios that end at a point where the evaluator faces a significant decision about how to proceed.

Developmental evaluation (DE) offers a powerful approach to monitoring and supporting social innovations by working in partnership with program decision makers.

Why do some marriages grow stronger in the face of conflict or stress while others dissolve?

Unexpected events during an evaluation all too often send evaluators into crisis mode.

While most books on missing data focus on applying sophisticated statistical techniques to deal with the problem after it has occurred, this volume provides a methodology for the control and prevention of missing data.

A comprehensive resource for assessment practitioners, this book provides step-by-step guidance for developing, administering, scoring, and validating a range of performance tasks, including literacy and other types of proficiency assessments.

With a focus on how to improve the effectiveness and cultural competence of clinical services and research, this authoritative volume synthesizes current knowledge on both the physical and psychological health of African Americans today.

Virtually every question in social psychology is currently being shaped by the concepts and methods of implicit social cognition.

Bringing together leading investigators, this comprehensive handbook is a one-stop reference for anyone planning or conducting research on personality.

Students and beginning researchers often discover that their introductory statistics and methods courses have not fully equipped them to plan and execute their own behavioral research studies.

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Oral history is a particularly useful way to capture ordinary people's lived experiences.

This accessibly written book is ideal for use in graduate courses or by practicing researchers and evaluators.

Comprehensive and user friendly, this ideal professional reference and graduate text provides a developmentally informed framework for assessing 3- to 6-year-olds in accordance with current best practices and IDEA 2004 guidelines.

Few behavioral or health science studies proceed seamlessly.

This authoritative guide addresses all aspects of school psychology practice in a response-to-intervention (RTI) framework.

This book brings together prominent investigators to provide a comprehensive guide to doing life course research, including an inside view of how they designed and carried out influential longitudinal studies.

Benchmarks, a 360-degree assessment, has been used by approximately 16,000 organizations and over 200,000 managers.

Benchmarks, a 360-degree assessment, has been used by approximately 16,000 organizations and over 200,000 managers.

Research Methodology and Quantitative Techniques is a guide tailored for students and research scholars navigating the intricate landscape of research degrees across various disciplines.

Drawing on the authors' varied experiences working and teaching in the field, Analysis of Multivariate Social Science Data, Second Editionenables a basic understanding of how to use key multivariate methods in the social sciences.

Since the development of the first intelligence test in the early 20th century, educational and psychological tests have become important measurement techniques to quantify human behavior.

Bayesian Statistics: The Basics provides a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to Bayesian statistics, specifically tailored for any researcher with an interest in statistical methods.

There has been considerable attention to making the methodologies of structural equation modeling available to researchers, practitioners, and students along with commonly used software.

The Research Experience: Planning, Conducting and Reporting Research, Second Edition is the complete guide to the behavioral science research process.

The Research Experience: Planning, Conducting and Reporting Research, Second Edition is the complete guide to the behavioral science research process.

Lab Manual for Psychological Research and Statistical Analysis serves as an additional resource for students and instructors in a research methods, statistics, or combined course where classroom and/or laboratory exercises are conducted.

Lab Manual for Psychological Research and Statistical Analysis serves as an additional resource for students and instructors in a research methods, statistics, or combined course where classroom and/or laboratory exercises are conducted.

The Process of Research and Statistical Analysis in Psychology presents integrated coverage of psychological research methods and statistical analysis to illustrate how these two crucial processes work together to uncover new information.

The Process of Research and Statistical Analysis in Psychology presents integrated coverage of psychological research methods and statistical analysis to illustrate how these two crucial processes work together to uncover new information.

A perfect supplement for an introductory statics course.

A perfect supplement for an introductory statics course.

This practical workbook offers a wealth of opportunities for students to apply knowledge learned from the best-selling core text, Foundations of Psychological Testing, Sixth Edition.

This practical workbook offers a wealth of opportunities for students to apply knowledge learned from the best-selling core text, Foundations of Psychological Testing, Sixth Edition.

Action Research is an invaluable guide to both novice and experienced researchers from a diversity of disciplines, backgrounds, and levels of study for understanding how action research works in real-life contexts.

Action Research is an invaluable guide to both novice and experienced researchers from a diversity of disciplines, backgrounds, and levels of study for understanding how action research works in real-life contexts.