pt. I. Getting Started -- 1. The Scientific Outlook -- 2. Strategies of Discovery -- 3. Ethical Considerations -- pt. II. Observation and Measurement -- 4. Systematic Observational Methods -- 5. Self-Report Methods -- 6. Reliability and Validity -- pt. III. Design and Implementation -- 7. The Logic of Randomized Experiments -- 8. The Role of Quasi-Experimental Designs -- 9. Survey Designs and Subject Recruitment -- pt. IV. Describing and Hypothesis Testing -- 10. Summarizing the Data -- 11. Examining Relationships -- 12. Statistical Significance and Practical Importance -- pt. V. Statistical Decision Making -- 13. The t Test -- 14. The F Test -- 15. Chi-Square -- App. A. Writing Up the Research -- App. B. Statistical Tables -- App. C. Introduction to Meta-Analysis.