UID:
almahu_9949211177502882
Format:
xix, 299 p. :
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ill. ;
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27 cm.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web.
Edition:
Access limited by licensing agreement.
ISBN:
1591473241 (print)
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9781591473244 (print)
Series Statement:
APA decade of behavior volumes
Content:
"Strengthening Research Methodology: Psychological Measurement and Evaluation both explores and demonstrates how measurement, methodology, and evaluation in psychology have been influenced by preeminent scholar Lee B. Sechrest. Volume editors Richard R. Bootzin and Patrick E. McKnight have gathered researchers from across the discipline and around the world to present recent studies and to acknowledge the role Sechrest has played as a mentor and leader in the field. Although the chapters are drawn from widely different domains, they all exhibit the main theme of the volume: Sechrest's emphasis on excellence and realism in measurement and methodology. Contributors present their work on such methodological topics as the advantages of random assignment, the problem of rear end validity, how to use formative evaluation, and issues surrounding measuring social environments and using data visualization. Chapters about altruism among "Holocaust rescuers," therapeutic mechanisms of change, and the prediction of behavior through clinical assessment illustrate important methodological quandaries while simultaneously presenting compelling original research. This rich volume is a fitting tribute to Sechrest and a valuable book for all researchers and students of methodology in psychology"--Jacket. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
Note:
Foreword / Thomas D. Cook -- Introduction / Richard R. Bootzin and Patrick E. McKnight -- Part I: Excellence and realism in measurement -- Researching teaching : the problem of studying a system resistant to change / Ronald Gallimore and Rossella Santagata -- Heroic rescue during the Holocaust : empirical and methodological perspectives / Elizabeth Midlarsky, Stephanie Fagin Jones, and Robin K. Nemeroff -- Understanding social contexts and coping : connections with intervention programs / Rudolf H. Moos -- Stress, copying, and outcome in cognitive therapy / Lawrence H. Cohen, Kathleen C. Gunthert, and Andrew C. Butler -- Part II: Methodology in research and evaluation -- Mechanisms of change in psychotherapy : advances, breakthroughs, and cutting-edge research (do not yet exist) / Alan E. Kazdin -- Treatment strength and integrity : models and methods / David S. Cordray and Georgine M. Pion -- Random assignment : a systematic review / Souraya Sidani -- Propensity scores and quasi-experiments : a testimony to the practical side of Lee Sechrest / William R. Shadish, Jason K. Luellen, and M.H. Clark -- Part III: Validity and measurement in evaluation -- How to fool yourself with experiments in testing theories in psychological research / Werner W. Wittmann and Petra L. Klumb -- Improving prediction from clinical assessment : the roles of measurement, psychometric theory, and decision theory / Timothy R. Stickle and Carl F. Weems -- Part IV: Methodological mentoring -- Rear end validity : a caution / Bradley H. Smith -- The nature of scientific legacy : the case of Lee Sechrest / Patrick E. McKnight, Katherine M. McKnight, and A.J. Figueredo -- Epilogue / Robert F. Boruch.
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Also issued in print.
Language:
English
Keywords:
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