Strengthening Research Methodology

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ISBN: 9781591473244 | 1591473241
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Copyright: 1/1/2006

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Univ. of Arizona, Tucson. Text explores and demonstrates how measurement, methodology, and evaluation in psychology have been influenced by preeminent scholar Lee B. Sechrest. Topics include realism in measurement, methodology in research and evaluation, validity in measurement and evaluation, methodology mentoring, and more. For researchers.

Contributors

Series Foreword

xiii

Volume Foreword

Thomas D. Cook

Acknowledgments

xix

Introduction

(6)

Richard R. Bootzin

Patrick E. McKnight

Part I. Excellence and Realism in Measurement

(66)

Researching Teaching: The Problem of Studying a System Resistant to Change

(18)

Ronald Gallimore

Rossella Santagata

Heroic Rescue During the Holocaust: Empirical and Methodological Perspectives

(18)

Elizabeth Midlarsky

Stephanie Fagin Jones

Robin K. Nemeroff

Understanding Social Contexts and Coping: Connections With Intervention Programs

(16)

Rudolf H. Moos

Stress, Coping, and Outcome in Cognitive Therapy

(12)

Lawrence H. Cohen

Kathleen C. Gunthert

Andrew C. Butler

Part II. Methodology in Research and Evaluation

(108)

Mechanisms of Change in Psychotherapy: Advances, Breakthroughs, and Cutting-Edge Research (Do Not Yet Exist)

(26)

Alan E. Kazdin

Treatment Strength and Integrity: Models and Methods

103

(22)

David S. Cordray

Georgine M. Pion

Random Assignment: A Systematic Review

125

(18)

Souraya Sidani

Propensity Scores and Quasi-Experiments: A Testimony to the Practical Side of Lee Sechrest

143

(16)

William R. Shadish

Jason K. Luellen

M. H. Clark

Seeing Your Data: Using Modern Statistical Graphics to Display and Detect Relationships

159

(24)

Stephen G. West

Part III. Validity and Measurement in Evaluation

183

(48)

How to Fool Yourself With Experiments in Testing Theories in Psychological Research

185

(28)

Werner W. Wittmann

Petra L. Klumb

Improving Prediction From Clinical Assessment: The Roles of Measurement, Psychometric Theory, and Decision Theory

213

(18)

Timothy R. Stickle

Carl F. Weems

Part IV. Methodology Mentoring

231

(30)

Rear End Validity: A Caution

233

(16)

Bradley H. Smith

The Nature of Scientific Legacy: The Case of Lee Sechrest

249

(12)

Patrick E. McKnight

Katherine M. McKnight

A. J. Figueredo

Epilogue

261

(2)

Robert F. Boruch

Bibliography of Lee B. Sechrest

263

(16)

Author Index

279

(10)

Subject Index

289

(10)

About the Editors

299

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