Methodological Issues and Strategies in Clinical Research

By: Kazdin, Alan E.

Book Overview

This fourth edition of Alan E. Kazdin's classic text is, like its predecessors, intended to help students and professionals alike master a wide range of methodological approaches to examining clinical issues and phenomena. The goal is to help the reader design, conduct, recognize, and appreciate high quality research, and recognize the implications of crucial decisions about methodology and design. Articles cover a comprehensive array of topics, including experimental design; the principles, procedures, and practices that govern research; assessment of study constructs and their interrelationships; potential sources of artifact and bias; methods of data analysis and interpretation; ethical issues; and the nuts and bolts of writing research articles and getting published.

With 26 new articles and significantly revised and expanded introductory material, this revamped edition features scholarly contributions that explicate core concepts, survey contemporary issues in research, and examine ethical responsibilities toward both research participants and science itself. New additions include articles on translational and qualitative research, advances in data collection methods such as Amazon's Mechanical Turk service and obtaining client feedback in psychotherapy, advances in mathematical and statistical modeling including single-case interventions, and new chapters addressing questionable research practices and fraud.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433820927
• ISBN13: 9781433820922
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: American Psychological Association
• Length: 703 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding resource for researchers and graduate students

This edited volume is an outstanding collection of several classic papers and many more recent, thoughtful and thought provoking papers. Covers a comprehensive set of methodological topics relevant to clinical research from the initial conception stage through design and analysis to write-up. Would make an excellent choice of text for a graduate seminar on clinical research methods.