part I. Introduction : overview and background --
part II. Beginning the research process --
part III. Sampling and assigning participants to conditions --
part V. Data analysis, evaluation, and presentation --
part VI. Special topics : evaluation in clinical practice and research --
part VII. Multiple methodologies --
part VIII. Ethical issues and scientific integrity --
part IX. Reproducibility of findings : replication and improving research practices --
part X. Publication and communication of research --
part XI. Perspectives on methodology.
Ch 1. Methodology : what it is and why it is so important --
Ch 2. Beginning the research process : key concepts that can guide a study --
Ch 3. Getting out of our conceptual ruts : strategies for expanding conceptual frameworks --
Ch 4. Translational research --
Ch 5. In defense of external invalidity --
Ch 6. When small effects are impressive --
Ch 7. Most people are not weird --
Ch 8. The neglected 95% : why American psychology needs to become less American --
Ch 9. Amazon's mechanical turk : a new source of inexpensive, yet high-quality, data? --
Ch 10. Random sampling, randomization, and equivalence of contrasted groups in psychotherapy outcome research --
Ch 11. Experimental and observational designs : an overview --
Ch 12. Constructing validity : basic issues in objective scale development --
Ch 13. Selecting measures for research investigations --
Ch 14. Measurement and assessment : an editorial view --
Ch 15. Methodological issues in assessment research with ethnic minorities --
Ch 16. On the origins of the .05 level of statistical significance --
Ch 17. Things I have learned --
Ch 19. Statistical significance testing and cumulative knowledge in psychology : implications for training of researchers --
Ch 20. An effect size primer : a guide for clinicians and researchers --
Ch 21. The proof of the pudding : an illustration of the relative strengths of null hypothesis, meta-analysis, and bayesian analysis --
Ch 22. Designing better graphs by including distributional information and integrating words, numbers, and images --
Ch 23. Collecting client feedback --
Ch 24. Revisiting and reenvisioning the outcome problem in psychotherapy : an argument to include individualized and qualitative measurement --
Ch 25. Beyond efficacy and effectiveness : a multifaceted approach to treatment evaluation --
Ch 26. Methodological challenges in treatment outcome research with ethnic minorities --
Ch 27. The epistemology of mathematical and statistical modeling : a quiet methodological revolution --
Ch 28. Qualitative research and its place in psychological science --
Ch 29. Single-case experimental research designs --
Ch 30. Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct --
Ch 31. Research ethics : how to treat people who participate in research --
Ch 32. Research ethics for mental health science involving ethnic minority children and youths --
Ch 33. False-positive psychology : undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis allows presenting anything as significant --
Ch 34. Why has the number of scientific retractions increased? --
Ch 35. Best practices for allocating appropriate credit and responsibility to authors of multi-authored articles --
Ch 36. Shall we really do it again? the powerful concept of replication is neglected in the social sciences --
Ch 37. The empirical march : making science better at self-correction --
Ch 38. Recommendations for increasing replicability in psychology --
Ch 39. Reporting standards for research in psychology : why do we need them? What might they be? --
Ch 40. Publications and communication of research findings --
Writing a review article for Psychological Bulletin --
Ch 42. Methodology : perspectives and general lessons to guide research.