Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences

by Jason Warnick

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Research methods for the behavioral sciences involve systematic strategies used to study human and animal actions, thoughts, and emotions. The core approaches include experiments, surveys, and observational studies.

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Arkansas Tech University
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Social Sciences
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: About this textbook
  7. 2: The Science of Psychology
  8. 2.1: Why Should We Care?
  9. 2.2: How Do We Know What We Know?
  10. 2.3: Methods of Knowing
  11. 2.4: Understanding Science
  12. 2.5: Goals of Science
  13. 2.6: Science and Common Sense
  14. 2.7: Experimental and Clinical Psychologists
  15. 3: Overview of the Scientific Method
  16. 3.1: Prelude to the Scientific Method
  17. 3.2: A Model of Scientific Research in Psychology
  18. 3.3: Finding a Research Topic
  19. 3.4: Generating Good Research Questions
  20. 3.5: Developing a Hypothesis
  21. 3.6: Designing a Research Study
  22. 3.7: Analyzing the Data
  23. 3.8: Drawing Conclusions and Reporting the Results
  24. 4: Reading and Evaluating Literature
  25. 4.1: Reading an empirical journal article
  26. 4.2: Evaluating sources
  27. 4.3: Refining your question
  28. 5: Research Ethics
  29. 5.1: Prelude to Research Ethics
  30. 5.2: Moral Foundations of Ethical Research
  31. 5.3: From Moral Principles to Ethics Codes
  32. 5.4: Putting Ethics Into Practice
  33. 6: Psychological Measurement
  34. 6.1: Prelude to Psychological Measurement
  35. 6.2: Understanding Psychological Measurement
  36. 6.3: Reliability and Validity of Measurement
  37. 6.4: Practical Strategies for Psychological Measurement
  38. 7: Experimental Research
  39. 7.1: Prelude to Experimental Research
  40. 7.2: Experiment Basics
  41. 7.3: Experimental Design
  42. 7.4: Experimentation and Validity
  43. 7.5: Practical Considerations
  44. 8: Non-Experimental Research
  45. 8.1: Prelude to Nonexperimental Research
  46. 8.2: Overview of Non-Experimental Research
  47. 8.3: Correlational Research
  48. 8.4: Complex Correlation
  49. 8.5: Qualitative Research
  50. 8.6: Observational Research
  51. 9: Survey Research
  52. 9.1: Prelude to Survey Research
  53. 9.2: Overview of Survey Research
  54. 9.3: Constructing Surveys
  55. 9.4: Conducting Surveys
  56. 10: Interviews- Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
  57. 10.1: What Is It and When Should It Be Used?
  58. 10.2: Qualitative Interview Techniques and Considerations
  59. 10.3: Quantitative Interview Techniques and Considerations
  60. 10.4: Issues to Consider for All Interview Types
  61. 11: Field Research- A Qualitative Technique
  62. 11.1: What Is It and When to Use It?
  63. 11.2: Pros and Cons of Field Research
  64. 11.3: Getting In
  65. 11.4: Field Notes
  66. 11.5: Analysis of Field Research Data
  67. 12: Unobtrusive Research- Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
  68. 12.1: What Is It and When to Use It?
  69. 12.2: Pros and Cons of Unobtrusive Research
  70. 12.3: Unobtrusive Data Collected by You
  71. 12.4: Analyzing Others’ Data
  72. 12.5: Reliability in Unobtrusive Research
  73. 13: Other Methods of Data Collection and Analysis
  74. 13.1: Focus Groups
  75. 13.2: Experiments
  76. 13.3: Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis
  77. 14: Quasi-Experimental Research
  78. 14.1: Prelude to Quasi-Experimental Research
  79. 14.2: One-Group Designs
  80. 14.3: Non-Equivalent Groups Designs
  81. 15: Factorial Designs
  82. 15.1: Factorial Designs
  83. 15.2: Setting Up a Factorial Experiment
  84. 15.3: Interpreting the Results of a Factorial Experiment
  85. 16: Single-Subject Research
  86. 16.1: Single-Subject Research
  87. 16.2: Overview of Single-Subject Research
  88. 16.3: Single-Subject Research Designs
  89. 16.4: The Single-Subject Versus Group “Debate”
  90. 17: Descriptive Statistics
  91. 17.1: Describing Single Variables
  92. 17.2: Describing Statistical Relationships
  93. 17.3: Expressing Your Results
  94. 17.4: Conducting Your Analyses
  95. 18: Inferential Statistics
  96. 18.1: Prelude to Inferential Statistics
  97. 18.2: Understanding Null Hypothesis Testing
  98. 18.3: Some Basic Null Hypothesis Tests
  99. 18.4: Additional Considerations
  100. 18.5: From the “Replicability Crisis” to Open Science Practices
  101. 19: Presenting Your Research
  102. 19.1: Prelude to Presenting Your Research
  103. 19.2: American Psychological Association (APA) Style
  104. 19.3: Writing a Research Report in American Psychological Association (APA) Style
  105. 19.4: Academic Writing
  106. 19.4.1: Introduction- Effective Academic Writing
  107. 19.4.2: The Basics
  108. 19.4.3: Many Genres, Many Masters
  109. 19.4.4: Eight More Tips For Every Analysis
  110. 19.4.5: Additional Resources
  111. 19.5: Publishing Your Research
  112. 19.5.1: Introduction- Contemplating Publication
  113. 19.5.2: Understanding Peer-Review
  114. 19.5.3: Where to Submit?
  115. 19.5.4: Assessing the Journal and Improving Publication Success
  116. 19.5.5: Further Considerations for Journal Submission- Open Access, Cover Letters, and Predatory Journals
  117. 19.5.6: Some Tips for Good Writing Revisited
  118. 19.5.7: Receiving and Dealing with Decisions
  119. 19.5.8: Additional Resources
  120. 19.6: Other Presentation Formats
  121. 19.7: Presenting Your Research
  122. 19.7.1: Introduction- Speech!
  123. 19.7.2: Types of Conference Presentations
  124. 19.7.3: Applying to Conferences
  125. 19.7.4: Oral Presentations
  126. 19.7.5: Poster Presentations
  127. 19.7.6: Question Period
  128. 19.7.7: Additional Resources
  129. 19.8: Conducting a Literature Review
  130. 19.8.1: What is a literature review?
  131. 19.8.2: Synthesizing literature
  132. 19.8.3: Writing the literature review
  133. 20: Researching with Self-Care
  134. 20.1: Introduction- What is self-care?
  135. 20.2: Time Management
  136. 20.3: Rituals and Self-Care When Writing
  137. 20.4: Mindfulness
  138. 20.5: Working With a Supervisor
  139. 20.6: Peer Support
  140. 20.7: Imposter Syndrome
  141. 20.8: Additional Resources
  142. Back Matter
  143. Index
  144. Glossary
  145. Detailed Licensing
  146. Detailed Licensing