Research Design in Clinical Psychology

Fully revised and updated, this text offers a comprehensive guide to research methods and research design in clinical psychology.

Alan E. Kazdin (Author)

9781108972338, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 7 September 2023

800 pages
27.7 x 21.6 x 4 cm, 2.2 kg

'A clinical psychology graduate course on research methods would be incomplete without this book. The latest edition evolves in content and scope, adapting research methods to a dynamic scientific landscape. Kazdin is prepared like no other scholar to show students how to design studies that accurately characterize the mental health phenomena that manifest in a diverse, rapidly changing world.' Andres De Los Reyes, University of Maryland

Gain a thorough understanding of the entire research process – developing ideas, selecting methods, analyzing and communicating results – in this fully revised and updated textbook. The sixth edition comprises the latest developments in the field, including the use of technology and web-based methods to conduct studies, the role of robots and artificial intelligence in designing and evaluating research, and the importance of diversity in research to inform results that reflect the society we live in. Designed to inspire the development of future research processes, this is the perfect textbook for graduate students and professionals in research methods and research design in clinical psychology.

Preface
About the author
1. Introduction
2. Drawing valid inferences I: internal and external validity
3. Drawing valid inferences II: construct and data-evaluation validity
4. Ideas that begin the research process: sources and guiding concepts
5. Experimental research: group designs
6. Control and comparison groups in experiments
7. Observational research: case-control and cohort designs
8. Single-case experimental research designs
9. Qualitative and mixed methods research
10. Assessment: selecting measures for research
11. Assessment: types of measures and their use
12. Special topics of assessment
13. Data evaluation: null hypothesis significance testing
14. Data evaluation: presenting and analyzing the data
15. Data interpretation: cautions, 'negative results' and replication
16. Ethical issues and guidelines for research
17. Scientific integrity
18. Communication of research findings
19. Closing comments: guidelines for a well (and quickly) designed study
Glossary
References
Name index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ]