Research Design in Clinical Psychology

Alan E. Kazdin, Ph.D. (Northwestern University) is Sterling Professor of Psychology and Professor of Child Psychiatry at Yale University, as well as Director of the Yale Parenting Center a service for children and families. Before coming to Yale, he was on the faculty of The Pennsylvania State University and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. At Yale, he has been Chairman of the Psychology Department, Director and Chairman of the Yale Child Study Center at the School of Medicine, and Director of Child Psychiatric Services at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Kazdin s research has focused primarily on the treatment of aggressive and antisocial behavior in children and parent, child, and contextual influences that contribute to child dysfunction and processes and outcome of child therapy. His work has been supported by the National Institute of Mental Health, the William T. Grant Foundation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Rivendell Foundation of America, the Humane Society of America, the Laura J. Niles Foundation, Leon Lowenstein Foundation, and Yale University. Kazdin s 700+ publications include 49 books that focus on methodology, interventions for children and adolescents, parenting and child rearing, cognitive-behavioral treatment, and interpersonal violence. His work on parenting and childrearing has been featured on NPR, PBS, BBC, and CNN and he has appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, ABC News, 20/20, and Dr. Phil. Kazdin has been editor of six professional journals: "Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Psychological Assessment, Behavior Therapy, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, Current Directions in Psychological Science," and "Clinical Psychological Science." He has received a number of professional awards including the Outstanding Research Contribution by an Individual Award and Lifetime Achievement Awards (Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies), Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology Award and Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology (American Psychological Association), and the James McKeen Cattell Award (Association for Psychological Science). In 2008, he was president of the American Psychological Association. "

1. Introduction 2. Drawing Valid Inferences I: Internal and External Validity 3. Drawing Valid Inferences II: Construct and Data-Evaluation Validity 4. Ideas that Begin the Research Process 5. Experimental Research: Group Designs 6. Control and Comparison Groups 7. Observational Research: Case-Control and Cohort Designs 8. Single-Case Experimental Research Designs 9. Qualitative Research Methods 10. Assessment: Selecting Measures for Research 11. Assessment: Types of Measures and Their Use 12. Special Topics of Assessment 13. Data Evaluation: Null Hypothesis Significance Testing 14. Data Evaluation: Presenting and Analyzing the Data 15. Data Interpretation: Cautions, Negative Effects, and Replication 16. Ethical Issues and Guidelines for Research 17. Scientific Integrity 18. Communication of Research Findings 19. Methodology: Constantly Evolving Along With Advances in Science