Acknowledgments.

One. Introduction and Overview.

Two. Planning and Designing a Research Study.

Three. General Approaches for Controlling Artifact and Bias.

Four. Data Collection, Assessment Methods, and Measurement Strategies.

Five. General Types of Research Designs and Approaches.

Six. Validity.

Seven. Data Preparation, Analyses, and Interpretation.

Eight. Ethical Considerations in Research.

Nine. Disseminating Research Results and Distilling Principles of Research Design and Methodology.

References.

Index.