Becoming a behavioral science research: a guide to producing reserch that matters/ Rex B. Kline

1. Introduction
Not Ready for Prime Time
What Students Say They Need
Plan of the Book
Career Paths for Behavioral Scientists
Summary
Recommended Readings
2. The Good, the Bad, and the (Really) Ugly
of Behavioral Science Research
The Good
The Bad ^
The (Really) Ugly
Why?
Summary
Recommended Readings
3. The Research Trinity
Trinity Overview
Design
Measurement
Analysis
Internal Validity
Construct Validity
Conclusion Validity
External Validity and Sampling,
Summary
Recommended Readings
Exercises
4. Design and Analysis
Chapter Overview
From Question to Design
Experimental Designs
Controlled Quasi-Experimental Designs
Nonequivalent-Croup Designs
Regression-Discontinuity Designs
Other Quasi-Experimental Designs
Nonexperimental Designs
Resources for Learning More
Summary
Recommended Readings
Exercises
5. The Truth about Statistics
Study Strategy
A Dozen Truths about Statistics
What Statistical Significance Really Means
Misinterpretations of Statistical Significance
Why Are There So Many Myths'?
Other Drawbacks of Statistical Tests
In Defense of Statistical Tests
Recommendations for Changing Times
Summary
Recommended Readings
Exercises
Appendix 5.1. Review of Statistics Fundamentals
6. Effect Size Estimation
Contexts for Estimating Effect Size
Families of Parametric Effect Sizes
Estimating Effect Size When Comparing Two Samples
Measures of Association for More Complex Designs
Effect Sizes for Dichotomous Outcomes
T-Shirt Effect Sizes, Importance, and Cautions,
Approximate Confidence Intervals '
Research Examples
Summary
Recommended Readings
Exercises
Appendix 6.1. Noncentrality Interval Estimation for Effect Sizes
7. Measurement
Chapter Scope
The Critical Yet Underappreciated Role of Measurement
Measurement Process Overview
Resources for Finding Measures
Adapting or Translating Tests
Evaluation of Score Reliability and Validity
Checklist for Evaluating Measures
Recent Developments in Test Theory,
Summary
Recommended Readings
Exercises
8. Practical Data Analysis
Vision First, Then Simplicity
Managing Complex Analyses (Batch to the Future)
Data Screening
Summary
Recommended Readings
Exercises
9. Writing
Plagiarism and Academic Integrity
Writing as Learning
Getting Started^
The Role of Style Guides
General Principles of Good Writing
Principles of Good Scientific Writing
Writing Sections of Empirical Studies
Effective Graphical Displays
Ready for the Big Time
Summary,
Recommended Readings
Appendix 9.1. Example Results Section
10. Presentations
Challenges of Oral Presentations
Problems with PowerPoint Presentations
Principles for Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations
Lessons from Multimedia Learning
Other PowerPoint Issues,
Poster Presentations
Summary
Recommended Readings