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Methods in Behavioral Research

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The author did a commendable job of keeping the reading at a level that was clear, concise, and simple. I had to have this book for a Research Methods course at Nova Southeastern University during the Summer I session (2003), and despite the difficulty of the course (e.g., the terminology, the somewhat dry concepts, and the statistics), Cozby "pounded" the concepts into my head by providing clear outlines of understanding. The text was very easy to read and a true psychologist chose to incorporate a reader-friendly font (10.5/12 Legacy Serif Book). The chapters are very short, too, and abstract concepts are minimal; Cozby ensured that the main points are kept as the focus of each chapter. Please enjoy this treasure! R. Beaux Ugarte, NSU

Twenty years ago, I was "forced" to purchase the 1st edition of this textbook, for a blech, introduction to social sciences course. I am very glad I did.

In reality, this is probably the only text I have reread (and many times) since leaving college. It's an introduction to the scientific method applicable to any of the sciences. It presents relatively advanced topics in statistics: the how and the why. And it's pretty humourous too.

The author provides simple and understandable examples that make abstract notions of statistics and the scientific method concrete and relevant.

Very seriously, I've used the knowledge I found in here will be used on a day to day basis to evaluate all those studies that we're assaulted with: is oat bran good for you, are mammograms associated with increased breast cancer for males under 40, all those things.

Cozby writes in clear language about all the nuances and details a doctoral student must know. The book also points out numerous behavioral details that we tend to overlook because they seem obvious. The book speaks of bias in research that is more accidental than obvious. No two people are alike, and so no two researchers perceptions are alike either. The book does an excellent job of examining potential flaws in thinking and researching, and provides methods to avoid these problems. The entire discussion is aided by the fact that Cozby does not talk down to you, nor is the discussion boring. I would even go so far as to say that students need this book earlier to help develop critical thinking skills, because this book really helps in that area. If you are taking statistics and never seem to understand what all the terminology means, this book helps you understand. If you've already taken statistics, you will still benefit from that part of the discussion. All around, this is a researchers best friend. This book mentions another book by Trochim and Donnelly, which is a great complement to this one. Buy both - you'll never regret it.

This book was for a class, but it's overly simple and wordy at parts where they could've said what 3 or 4 pages explained in a short paragraph, and then at other times they don't explain things that they should and the book moves forward onto the next subject. There are likely to be better books out there on behavioral research methods, it amazes me how this one made it to a 10th edition.

Everyone should know how to analyze events in the real world so they can understand what is really going on. This book is clear complete and easy to understand.

The book is alright, I was just mislead by the picture. I was expecting the 10th edition, but received the 7th. It was only about 1/2 the price of what the 10th edition would have cost me. The book is fine and I received it promptly, I just wish I had noticed that the picture was wrong. Despite buying the 7th edition the information was very similar to the 10th, and I still found the book very useful.

Book is in great condition and received it within a timely manner! Definitely would work with this dealer again.

I needed this text book for my research class; since, it is the only text book we are using for class. It was wonderful that I received it the day after I ordered it. The book is very informative and easy to read. Very important in my research class and has an example of a research paper (APA sytle).

I received the book within the time specified, in the condition expected. The only thing was - I thought I ordered a non-international version. I don't think its that different. All went well!

This book was new and came in very good condition in a decent amount of time.