Sadržaj:
  • Part 1: Measurement
  • Measurement and scientific inquiry
  • Criterion-related validation
  • Construct validation
  • Reliability
  • Selected approaches to measurement in sociobehavioral research
  • Part 2: Design
  • Science and scientific inquiry
  • Definitions and variables
  • Theories, problems, and hypotheses
  • Research design: Basic principles and concepts
  • Artifacts and pitfalls in research
  • Experimental designs
  • Quasi-experimental designs
  • Nonexperimental designs
  • Introduction to sampling
  • Part 3: Analysis
  • Computers and computer programs
  • Simple regression analysis
  • Multiple regression analysis
  • A categorical independent variable
  • Multiple categorical independent variables: Factorial designs
  • Attribute
  • treatments
  • interactions; analysis of covariance
  • Exploratory factor analysis
  • Confirmatory factor analysis
  • Structural equation modeling
  • References
  • Appendix
  • Critical values for F
  • Percentile points for X[superscript]2 distribution