Research Methodologies of School Psychology

Ryan J. Kettler is Associate Professor in the Department of School Psychology, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University–New Brunswick, USA

Section 1. Research, Evaluation, and Our Field 1. School Psychology and the Scientific Method 2. Literature Review, Questions, and Hypotheses* Section 2. Science Begins with Measurement 3. Developing Measures 4. The Reliability of Scores and the Validity of Inferences Section 3. Research Designs in School Psychology 5. Randomized Control Trials and Quasi-Experimental Designs in School Psychology 6. Correlational and Causal Comparative Designs in School Psychology 7. Survey Designs in School Psychology* 8. Single-Case Research Designs in School Psychology* Section 4. Drawing Inferences from Data 9. Statistics, Samples, and Populations 10. Research-Related Tasks: Developing Technical Writing Skills* 11. Moving Forward: Conducting Research in a Practicing Profession * Chapters 2, 7, 8, and 10 were authored by Kathleen Lynne Lane and Ryan J. Kettler