Foundations of behavioral research / Fred N Kerlinger

Part.1. The Language and approach of science -- Science and the scientific approach -- Problems and Hypotheses -- Constructs, Variables and definitions -- Part.2. Sets, relations and variance -- Part.3. Probability, randomness and sampling -- Part.4. Analysis, interpretation, statistics and inference -- Principles of analysis ad interpretation -- The analysis of crossbreaks -- Statistics: Purpose, approach and method -- Testing hypotheses and the standard error -- Part.5. Analysis of variance -- Analysis of variance: foundations -- Factorial analysis of variance -- Analysis of variance: correlated groups -- Nonparametric analysis of variance and related statistics -- Part.6. Designs of research -- Research design: Meaning, purpose and principles -- Inadequate designs and design criteria -- General designs of research -- Research design and application: Randomized groups -- Research design and applications: correlated groups -- Part.7. Types of research -- Ex Post facto research -- Laboratory experiments, field experiments and field studies -- Survey research -- Part.8. Measurement -- Foundations of measurement -- Reliability -- Validity -- Part.9. Methods of observation and data collection -- Interviews and interview schedules -- Objective tests and scales -- Projective methods, available materials and content analysis -- Observations of behavior-- Sociometry -- The semantic differential -- Q methodology -- Part.10. Multiple regression and factor analysis -- Multiple regression analysis: Foundations -- Multiple regression, analysis of variance and other multivariate methods -- Factor analysis -- Appendixes.