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Part 1. Introduction. 1. Behavioral Science -- 2. Research Strategies: An Overview -- Part 2. Foundations Of Research. 3. The Ethical Treatment Of Research Participants -- 4. The Professional And Social Responsibilities Of Scientists -- 5. Formulating A Research Question -- 6. Developing A Measurement Strategy -- 7. The Internal Validity Of Research -- 8. The External Validity Of Research -- Part 3. Research Designs. 9. True Experiments -- 10. Field Research -- 11. Correlational Designs -- 12. Factor Analysis, Path Analysis, And Structural Equation Modeling -- 13. The Single-case Research Strategy -- 14. Content Analysis, Qualitative Research, And Interviewing -- 15. Survey Research -- Part 4. Collecting And Interpreting Data. 16. Data Collection -- 17. Interpreting Research Results -- Part 5. Special Topics. 18. Evaluation Research -- 19. Literature Reviewing -- 20. Writing Research Reports. Bernard E. Whitley, Jr., Mary E. Kite, With Contributions By Heather L. Adams. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 686-725) And Indexes.