Introduction, inquiry, and the scientific method -- Research ideas -- Ethics in research -- Defining and measuring variables -- Selecting research participants -- Research strategies and validity -- Descriptive and correlational research strategies -- Experimental research strategy -- Quasi-experimental strategy: nonequivalent group, time-series, and developmental designs -- Experimental designs: between-subjects design -- Experimental designs: within-subjects design -- Factorial designs -- Single-subject research designs -- Statistical evaluation of data -- Writing a research roport

1. Psychology -- Research -- Methodology
2. Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology