PART I: RESEARCH PLANNING Chapter 1: Introduction - Frederick T. L. Leong, James T. Austin Chapter 2: The Research Process as a Script - Douglas A. Hershey, Joy M. Jacobs-Lawson, Thomas L. Wilson Chapter 3: Finding a Research Topic - Frederick T. L. Leong, Ross I. Walker Chapter 4: Bibliographic Research - Jeffrey G. Reed, Pam M. Baxter, Ciara K. Kidder Chapter 5: Reviewing and Evaluating a Research Article - Kathryn C. Oleson, Sonia A. Swanson Chapter 6: Program Evaluation: Concepts and Perspectives - James W. Altschuld, Traci L. Lepicki PART II. DESIGN, INSTRUMENT SELECTION OR DEVELOPMENT, AND SAMPLING Chapter 7: Designing a Research Study - Siddharth Chandra, Madhur Chandra Chapter 8: Evaluating and Selecting Psychological Measures for Research Purposes - P. Priscilla Lui Chapter 9: Designing Surveys and Questionnaires for Research - Daniel Villanova, Peter Villanova Chapter 10: Scale Development - Howard E. A. Tinsley, John W. Lounsbury Chapter 11: Applying Sampling Procedures - Allyson Holbrook, William C. McCready Chapter 12: Power and Evidence - Meng-Ting Lo, Nivedita Bhaktha, Susie Mauck, Ann A. O'Connell Chapter 13: IRB as Critical Collaborators in Research - Melanie M. Domenech Rodriguez, Alejandro L. Vazquez, Nicole Vouvalis PART III. DATA COLLECTION Chapter 14: Conducting Mail and Digital Surveys - Sofia Pinero Kluch, Chad S. Briggs, Alan Vaux Chapter 15: Conducting Telephone Surveys - Yueng-hsiang Huang, Jin Lee Chapter 16: Collecting Data in Groups - Stephen J. Zaccaro, Lauren N. P. Campbell Chapter 17: Alternative Data Collection Strategies - Erin Stupica, Brandi Stupica, Neil Christiansen Chapter 18: Cleaning up Data and Running Preliminary Analyses - Karla K. Fehr, Stephen J. Dollinger, David L. DiLalla Chapter 19: Qualitative Research in Psychology - Linda M. McMullen, Frederick J. Wertz PART IV. DATA ANALYSIS Chapter 20: Statistical Research and Discovery: Planning and Selecting Statistical Analysis - Charles A. Scherbaum, Kristen M. Shockley Chapter 21: Basic Statistical Analyses - David N. Dickter Chapter 22: Using Advanced Statistics - Lisa A. Steelman, Zhiqing E. Zhou Chapter 23: The Essence and Application of Structural Equation Modeling - Barbara M. Byrne Chapter 24: Conducting a Meta-Analysis - Frederick L. Oswald, Felix Y. Wu, Yaojia R. Chen Chapter 25: Archival Data Sets: Revisiting Issues and Considerations - Barbara H. Zaitzow, Matthew B. Robinson PART V. RESEARCH WRITING Chapter 26: Writing in APA Style: Why and How - Robert F. Calderon, William N. Haller Chapter 27: Writing Rough Drafts - Edward C. Chang, Claire J. Shimshock, Christopher Peterson Chapter 28: Revising a Research Manuscript - Donna K. Nagata, Steven J. Trierweiler, Jacqueline H. J. Kim Chapter 29: Dealing with Journal Editors and Reviewers - Samuel H. Osipow, Mark M. Leach PART VI. SPECIAL TOPICS Chapter 30: Becoming Part of a Large and Successful Research Team - Patrick S. Ledwidge, Caitlin J. Masterson, Andrea M. Meinders, Dennis L. Molfese Chapter 31: Multilevel Research - David Chan Chapter 32: Computational Modeling - Michael J. Zickar, Feng Guo Chapter 33: Applying for Research Grants - Jen Burke Lefever, John G. Borkowski, Kimberly H. Robinson Chapter 34: Cross-Cultural Research Methodology - David Matsumoto, Hyisung C. Hwang, Kwok Leung, Fons J. R. Van de Vijverh Chapter 35: Replicability and Reproducibility in Psychology - Victor N. Keller, Joseph Cesario Chapter 36: Applying Theories to Research: The Interplay of Theory and Research in Science - Charles J. Gelso, Alexandra E. Savela Chapter 37: The Research Script: One Researcher's View - Richard E. Petty