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Resources for
Quantitative Research
Quantitative Research
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Getting Started with Quantitative Research
Getting Started with Quantitative Research
Check out these books and eBooks reviewing quantitative approaches as you start your project!
APA handbook of research methods in psychology, Vol 1: Foundations, planning, measures, and psychometrics by Harris Cooper (2012) [eBook]
APA handbook of research methods in psychology, Vol 2: Research designs: Quantitative, qualitative, neuropsychological, and biological by Harris Cooper (2012) [eBook]
The Sage handbook of quantitative methods in the social sciences by David Kaplan (2004). [eBook]
Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches, 4th edition by John W. Creswell (2014). Available in print: 300.72 C87 2014
Research design in clinical psychology, 5th edition by Alan E. Kazdin (2017). Available in print: 616.890072 K238
Applied multivariate research: Design and interpretation by Lawrence S. Meyers, Glenn Gamst, A.J. Guarino (2006). Available in print: 300.1519 M613
Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for generalized causal inference by Shadish, Cook, Campbell (2002). Available in print: 300.184 S524
Experimental and quasi-experimental designs for research by Donald T. Campbell and Julian C. Stanley (1966). Available in print: 300.184 C15
A research primer for the helping professions: Methods, statistics, and writing by Andrew L. Cherry, Jr. (2000). Available in print: 300.72 C43
Scale development: Theory and applications by Robert F. DeVellis (2022). Available in print: 300.72 D489
Secondary data analysis: A guide for psychologists by (2011). [eBook]
Resources for Specific Research Models
Resources for Specific Research Models
Within Subject/Single Subject Experimental Design
Single-Case Research Designs: Methods for Clinical and Applied Settings, 3rd edition by Alan E. Kazdin (2020). Available in print: 150.72 K238
Single case research methodology: Applications in special education and behavioral sciences, 3rd edition edited by Jennifer R. Ledford and David L. Gast (2018). Available in print: 150.72 S617
Single case-intervention research: Methodological and statistical advances edited by Thomas R. Kratochwill and Joel R. Levin (2014). [FindIt@MSP eBook]
Research methods in applied behavior analysis, 2nd edition by Bailey & Burch (2017). [ProQuest eBook]
Strategies and Tactics of Behavioral Research and Practice 4th edition by James M. Johnston, Henry S. Pennypacker, and Gina Green (2020). Available in print: 150.72 J721
Finding Existing Surveys for Quantitative or Mixed Methods Projects
Finding Existing Surveys for Quantitative or Mixed Methods Projects
Finding the right test or measure can sometimes be a very long and frustrating process!
Some tests can be obtained for free directly from the authors or can be found within published open access articles
Other tests are copyrighted and owned by publishers or for-profit companies and must be purchased
No matter how you find it, you still need to contact the owner (author, publisher, for-profit company) to get permission to use it.
Statistics Help for Analyzing Data
Statistics Help for Analyzing Data
Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics, 5th edition by Andy Field (2018). Available in print: 519.5 F453 2018
SPSS survival manual, 7th edition by Julie Pallant (2020). Available in print: 519.5 P164
Statistics unplugged by Sally Caldwell (2013). Available in print: 519.5 C147
Using multivariate statistics by Barbara G. Tabachnick & Linda S. Fidell (2013). Available in print: 519.535 T11 2013
Applied statistics: From bivariate through multivariate techniques by Rebecca M. Warner (2013). Available in print: 519.535 W279 2013
Example MSP Dissertations Using Quantitative Methods
Example MSP Dissertations Using Quantitative Methods
Survey - Quantitative Postpositivist Model: Psychotherapist burnout and job resources across workplace settings by Jared Smendik
Survey - Quantitative Correlational Model: Exploring childhood trauma and problem-solving appraisal relative to adult psychopathology by Deb Hamilton
Scale Development: Does the discrepancy between people’s sexual scripts and their sexual behaviors influence their perceived sexual satisfaction and impact sexual anxiety? by Andrea D. Rawat
Scale Development: Women’s attitudes and experiences of the female gender role: Development of the Taylor Female Gender Role Conflict Scale by Andrea Taylor
Retrospective Data Analysis: Effects of weight locus of control and treatment modality on weight loss outcomes by Whitney J. Begeman
All MSP dissertations can be searched in our library catalog! To access PDFs of pre-2010 dissertations, see these instructions.
JARS Quantitative Reporting Standards
JARS Quantitative Reporting Standards
APA has developed guidelines for structuring scholarly papers to ensure that all aspects of the research are appropriately reported, the Journal Article Reporting Standards (JARS). These can be helpful as you both design and write-up your study:
eBook: Reporting quantitative research in psychology: How to meet APA Style Journal Article Reporting Standards., 2nd ed., by Harris Cooper (2020) [FindIt@MSP eBook]
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