Methodological issues & strategies in clinical research

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Kazdin Alan E.
Published: American Psychological Association,
Publisher Address: Washington, DC
Publication Dates: c2003.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 3rd ed.
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xix, 913 p.: ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 1557989583
Index Number: R395
CLC: R395.1
Call Number: R395.1/M592/3rd.ed.
Contents: "Includes 21 new articles"--Jkt.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Methodology: what it is and why it is so important -- Unified psychology -- Getting out of our conceptual ruts: strategies for expanding conceptual frameworks -- Toward terminological, conceptual, and statistical clarity in the study of mediators and moderators: examples from the child-clinical and pediatric psychology literatures -- In defense of external invalidity -- When small effects are impressive -- Random sampling, randomization, and equivalence of contrasted groups in psychotherapy outcome research -- Stimulus sampling in clinical research: representative design reviewed -- Science, ethnicity, and bias: where have we gone wrong? -- Ethnic representation in a sample of the literature of applied psychology -- Constructing validity: basic issues in objective scale development -- Clinical applications of analogue behavioral observation: dimensions of psychometric evaluation -- Psychological testing and psychological assessment: a review of evidence and issues -- Methodological issues in assessment research with ethnic minorities -- On the origins of the .05 level of statistical significance -- Hypothesis validity of clinical research -- Things I have learned (so far) -- A power primer -- Statistical significance testing and cumulative knowledge in psychology: implications for training of researchers -- One cheer for null hypothesis significance testing -- The proof of the pudding: an illustration of the relative strengths of null hypothesis, meta-analysis, and bayesian analysis -- Research on psychotherapy efficacy and effectiveness: between Scylla and Charybdis? -- Are results of randomized controlled trials useful to psychotherapists? -- Improving the transition from basic efficacy research to effectiveness studies: methodological issues and procedures -- The role of method in treatment effectiveness research: evidence from meta-analysis -- Outcome assessment: from conceptualization to implementation -- Single-participant research design: bringing science to managed care -- Drawing valid inferences from case studies -- Efficacy and specific effects data on new treatments: a case study strategy with mixed anxiety-depression -- Clinical significance: measuring whether interventions make a difference -- Toward the incorporation of costs, cost-effectiveness analysis, and cost-benefit analysis into clinical research -- Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct -- Moral foundations in research with human participants -- Ethical transgressions of psychology graduate students: critical incidents with implications for training -- Reflections on determining authorship credit and authorship order on faculty-student collaborations -- Statistical methods in psychology journals: guidelines and explanations -- Preparing and evaluating research reports -- Writing a review article for Psychological Bulletin -- Methodology: general lessons to guide research.