Research Design in Clinical Psychology helps students to achieve a thorough understanding of the entire research process – developing the idea, selecting methods, analyzing the results, and preparing the written scientific report. Drawing examples from clinical research, health, and medicine, author Alan E. Kazdin offers detailed coverage of experimental design, assessment, data evaluation and interpretation, case-control and cohort designs, and qualitative research methods. In addition to new pedagogical tools that guide students through the text, the Fifth Edition offers expanded coverage of key topic areas, such as cultural issues, scientific integrity, and recent changes in the publication and communication of research. • Provides guidance on the entire research process from formulating a research question to communicating results • Pedagogical tools within each chapter aid retention and active learning • Introduces a range of research and analytic methods, including quantitative and qualitative measures Table of Contents Preface About the Author 1. Introduction 2. Internal and External Validity 3. Construct and Data-Evaluation Validity 4. Ideas that Begin the Research Process 5. Experimental Research Using Group Designs 6. Control and Comparison Groups 7. Case-Control and Cohort Designs 8. Single-Case Experimental Research Designs 9. Qualitative Research Methods 10. Selecting Measures for Research 11. Assessment: Types of Measures and Their Use 12. Special Topics of Assessment 13. Null Hypothesis Significance Testing 14. Presenting and Analyzing the Data 15. Cautions, Negative Effects, and Replication 16. Ethical Issues and Guidelines for Research 17. Scientific Integrity 18. Communication of Research Findings 19. Methodology: Constantly Evolving along with Advances in Science Glossary References End Notes Name Index Subject Index. About the Author: Alan E. Kazdin is Sterling Professor of Psychology and Professor of Child Psychiatry at Yale University, as well as Director of the Yale Parenting Center. Kazdin's 700+ publications include over 50 books that focus on methodology, interventions for children and adolescents, parenting and child rearing, cognitive-behavioral treatment, and interpersonal violence. He has served as editor of six professional journals, and is a past president of the American Psychological Association. |