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Philosophical Issues |
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What is Research? |
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What is Science? |
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Social and Political Issues |
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Professional Issues |
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The Intuitive Practitioner |
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The Scientist-Practitioner |
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The Applied Scientist |
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The Local Clinical Scientist |
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The Evidence-Based Practitioner |
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The Clinical Scientist |
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The Practice-Based Evidence Model |
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Comparison of Models |
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Implications for Clinical Training |
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Personal Issues |
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Why Do Clinical Psychologists Do Research? |
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Why Don't Clinical Psychologists Do Research? |
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Weighing up the Pros and Cons of Doing Research |
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Chapter Summary |
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Further Reading |
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Questions for Reflection |
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Formulating the Research Questions |
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Choosing the Topic |
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Developing the Questions |
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Hypothesis-testing versus Exploratory Research Questions |
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Some Types of Research Question |
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Literature Review |
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The Proposal |
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Funding |
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The Politics of Research in Applied Settings |
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Access |
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Responding to Doubts |
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Authorship |
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The Process of Measurement |
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Domains of Variables |
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Measuring Psychological Constructs |
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Measurement Sources and Approaches |
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Foundations of Quantitative Methods |
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Positivism |
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Psychometric Theory |
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Definitions |
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Reliability |
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Reliability Statistics |
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Validity |
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Generalizability Theory |
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Item Response Theory |
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Utility |
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Standards for Reliability and Validity |
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Chapter Summary and Conclusions |
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Historical Background |
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Philosophical Background |
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Phenomenology |
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Social Constructionism |
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Families of Qualitative Approaches |
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Thematic Analysis Approaches |
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Narrative Approaches |
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Language-Based Approaches |
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Ethnographic Approaches |
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Ways of Evaluating Qualitative Studies |
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Conclusion: Choosing and Combining Methods |
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Mode of Administration |
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Open-ended and Closed-ended Questions |
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Qualitative Self-report Methods |
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Types of Qualitative Interview |
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Interview Schedule |
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Interviewing Style |
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Quantitative Self-report Methods |
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Questionnaire Design |
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Qualitative Observation |
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Participant Observation |
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Text-based Research |
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Quantitative Observation |
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Background |
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Procedures for Conducting Observations |
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Reliability and Validity Issues |
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Nonexperimental Designs |
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Descriptive Designs |
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Correlational Designs |
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Experimental Designs |
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Cook and Campbell's Validity Analysis |
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Nonrandomized Designs |
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Randomized Designs |
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Conclusion: Choosing a Research Design |
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Single-case Experimental Designs |
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Procedure |
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AB Design |
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Reversal (or ABAB) Design |
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Multiple-baseline Design |
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Changing-Criterion Design |
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Data Analysis |
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Generalization |
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Naturalistic Case-study Designs |
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Narrative Case Studies |
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Systematic Case Studies |
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Time-Series Designs |
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Conclusion |
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Sampling |
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The Target Population |
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Bias and Representativeness |
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Sample Size |
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Alternative Approaches to Sampling and Generalizability |
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Summary and Conclusion |
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Ethical Issues |
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Informed Consent |
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Harms and Benefits |
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Privacy and Confidentiality |
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Ethics Self-study Exercise |
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Ethics Committees |
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What is Evaluation? |
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The Sociopolitical Context |
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Preparation for Evaluating a Service |
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Aims and Objectives |
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The Impact Model |
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Estimating the Extent of the Target Problem in the Target Population |
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Needs Assessment |
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Delivery System Design |
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Monitoring the Process of Service Delivery |
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Coverage and Bias |
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Service Implementation |
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Outcome Evaluation |
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Client Satisfaction Surveys |
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Patient focused Research and Outcomes Management |
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Cost-effectiveness |
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Qualitative Data Analysis |
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Within-case and Cross-case Analysis |
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Preliminaries to Qualitative Data Analysis |
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Processes in Qualitative Data Analysis |
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Good Practice in Qualitative Analysis |
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Quantitative Data Analysis |
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Data Entry |
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Data Checking |
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Data Reduction |
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Data Exploration |
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Statistical Significance Testing for Answering the Research Questions |
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Analyzing the Strength and Significance of Quantitative Effects |
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Interpretation |
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Contributions to Knowledge: Understanding the Meaning of the Findings |
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Methodological Issues: Strengths and Limitations of the Study |
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Scientific and Practical Implications |
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Dissemination |
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Writing up |
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Publication |
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Authorship Issues |
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Utilization |
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The End |
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Questions For Reflection |
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Methodological Pluralism |
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Appraising Research |
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Combining Research with Practice |
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Some Images of Research |
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Machine generated contents note: The Research Process |
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Philosophical Issues |
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What is Research? |
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What is Science? |
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Social and Political Issues |
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Professional Issues |
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