Principles of Research in Behavioral Science

Bernard E. Whitley, Jr. is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychological Science at Ball State University. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and charter member and Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science. His research interests include academic integrity and prejudice, and he has published in many journals including Psychological Bulletin, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. His other books include The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination, 2nd ed (2010) with Mary Kite; Academic Dishonesty: An Educator’s Guide (2002) with Patricia Keith-Spiegel; The Ethics of Teaching: A Casebook (2002) with Patricia Keith-Spiel, Arno Wittig, David Perkins, and Deborah Balogh (2002); and Handbook for Conducting Research on Human Sexuality (2002), edited with Michael Wiederman. Mary Kite is Professor of Psychological Science at Ball State University. She received her Ph.D. from Purdue University. Her research focuses on stereotyping and prejudice. Strongly committed to psychology education, she is Past-President of The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP, APA Division 2). She also chaired the APA Presidential Task Force on Diversity Education Resources and was Secretary-Treasurer and President of the Midwestern Psychological Association (MPA). She is a Fellow of APA Divisions 2, 9, 35, & 44 and of the Association for Psychological Science and Midwest Psychological Association. She coauthored the second edition of The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination with Bernard E. Whitley, Jr.

Part 1: Introduction. 1. Behavioral Science. 2. Research Strategies. Part 2: Foundations of Research. 3. The Ethical Treatment of Research Participants. 4. The Professional and Social Responsibilities of Scientists. 5. Formulating a Research Question. 6. Developing a Measurement Strategy. 7. The Internal Validity of Research. 8. The External Validity of Research. Part 3: Research Designs. 9. True Experiments. 10. Field Research. 11. Correlational Designs. 12. Factor Analysis, Path Analysis, and structural Equation Modeling. 13. The Single Case Research Strategy. 14. Content Analysis, Qualitative Research, and Interviewing. 15. Survey Research. Part 4: Collecting and Interpreting Data. 16. Data Collection. 17. Interpreting Results. Part 5: Special Topics. 18. Evaluation Research. 19. Literature Reviewing. 20. Writing Research Reports