TOC:

• 1. The Role and Importance of Research
• 2. The Research Process
• 3A Selecting a Problem and Reviewing the Research
• 3B The Importance of Practicing Ethics in Research
• 4. Sampling and Generalizability
• 5. Measurement, Reliability, and Validity
• 6. Methods of Measuring Behavior
• 7. Data Collection and Descriptive Statistics
• 8. Introducing Inferential Statistics
• 9. Nonexperimetal Research
• 10. Nonexperimental Research
• 11. Pre- and True Experimental Research Methods
• 12. Quasi-Experimental Research
• 13. Writing a Research Proposal
• 14. Writing a Research Manuscript