Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I: RESEARCH PLANNING Chapter 1: Introduction - Frederick T. L. Leong, James T. Austin Chapter 2: The Research Process as a Script - Douglas A. Hershey, Joy M. Jacobs-Lawson, Thomas L. Wilson Chapter 3: Finding a Research Topic - Frederick T. L. Leong, Ross I. Walker Chapter 4: Bibliographic Research - Jeffrey G. Reed, Pam M. Baxter, Ciara K. Kidder Chapter 5: Reviewing and Evaluating a Research Article - Kathryn C. Oleson, Sonia A. Swanson Chapter 6: Program Evaluation: Concepts and Perspectives - James W. Altschuld, Traci L. Lepicki PART II. DESIGN, INSTRUMENT SELECTION OR DEVELOPMENT, AND SAMPLING Chapter 7: Designing a Research Study - Siddharth Chandra, Madhur Chandra Chapter 8: Evaluating and Selecting Psychological Measures for Research Purposes - P. Priscilla Lui Chapter 9: Designing Surveys and Questionnaires for Research - Daniel Villanova, Peter Villanova Chapter 10: Scale Development - Howard E. A. Tinsley, John W. Lounsbury Chapter 11: Applying Sampling Procedures - Allyson Holbrook, William C. McCready Chapter 12: Power and Evidence - Meng-Ting Lo, Nivedita Bhaktha, Susie Mauck, Ann A. O′Connell Chapter 13: IRB as Critical Collaborators in Research - Melanie M. Domenech Rodríguez, Alejandro L. Vázquez, Nicole Vouvalis PART III. DATA COLLECTION Chapter 14: Conducting Mail and Digital Surveys - Sofia Pinero Kluch, Chad S. Briggs, Alan Vaux Chapter 15: Conducting Telephone Surveys - Yueng-hsiang Huang, Jin Lee Chapter 16: Collecting Data in Groups - Stephen J. Zaccaro, Lauren N. P. Campbell Chapter 17: Alternative Data Collection Strategies - Erin Stupica, Brandi Stupica, Neil Christiansen Chapter 18: Cleaning up Data and Running Preliminary Analyses - Karla K. Fehr, Stephen J. Dollinger, David L. DiLalla Chapter 19: Qualitative Research in Psychology - Linda M. McMullen, Frederick J. Wertz PART IV. DATA ANALYSIS Chapter 20: Statistical Research and Discovery: Planning and Selecting Statistical Analysis - Charles A. Scherbaum, Kristen M. Shockley Chapter 21: Basic Statistical Analyses - David N. Dickter Chapter 22: Using Advanced Statistics - Lisa A. Steelman, Zhiqing E. Zhou Chapter 23: The Essence and Application of Structural Equation Modeling - Barbara M. Byrne Chapter 24: Conducting a Meta-Analysis - Frederick L. Oswald, Felix Y. Wu, Yaojia R. Chen Chapter 25: Archival Data Sets: Revisiting Issues and Considerations - Barbara H. Zaitzow, Matthew B. Robinson PART V. RESEARCH WRITING Chapter 26: Writing in APA Style: Why and How - Robert F. Calderón, William N. Haller Chapter 27: Writing Rough Drafts - Edward C. Chang, Claire J. Shimshock, Christopher Peterson Chapter 28: Revising a Research Manuscript - Donna K. Nagata, Steven J. Trierweiler, Jacqueline H. J. Kim Chapter 29: Dealing with Journal Editors and Reviewers - Samuel H. Osipow, Mark M. Leach PART VI. SPECIAL TOPICS Chapter 30: Becoming Part of a Large and Successful Research Team - Patrick S. Ledwidge, Caitlin J. Masterson, Andrea M. Meinders, Dennis L. Molfese Chapter 31: Multilevel Research - David Chan Chapter 32: Computational Modeling - Michael J. Zickar, Feng Guo Chapter 33: Applying for Research Grants - Jen Burke Lefever, John G. Borkowski, Kimberly H. Robinson Chapter 34: Cross-Cultural Research Methodology - David Matsumoto, Hyisung C. Hwang, Kwok Leung, Fons J. R. Van de Vijverh Chapter 35: Replicability and Reproducibility in Psychology - Victor N. Keller, Joseph Cesario Chapter 36: Applying Theories to Research: The Interplay of Theory and Research in Science - Charles J. Gelso, Alexandra E. Savela Chapter 37: The Research Script: One Researcher′s View - Richard E. Petty

"In the Third Edition of The Psychology Research Handbook editors Frederick T. L. Leong and James T. Austin have assembled experienced expert researchers to provide graduate students and research assistants with a comprehensive framework for conducting many types of psychology research. The book is organized around the idea of a "research script," following the step-by-step process of research planning, design, data collection, analysis, and disseminating research. The volume contains 37 chapters, some coauthored by advanced graduate students to give their fellow students a touch of the "real world," adding to the clarity and practicality of many chapters. Of special value are chapters on topics typically missing from introductory methods texts including applying for research grants, dealing with journal editors and reviewers, working within research teams, and cross-cultural research. New chapters include Power and Evidence, IRB as Critical Collaborators in Research, Alternative Data Collection Strategies, Structural Equation Modeling and Replicability and Reproducibility. A comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide to the entire research process, this book quickly and efficiently equips advanced students and research assistants to conduct a full research project"-- Provided by publisher.

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