Date:         Thu, 8 May 2003 15:29:22 -0400
Reply-To:     Art@DrKendall.org
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From:         "Arthur J. Kendall" <Art@DrKendall.org>
Organization: Social Research Consultants
Subject:      Re: Text book for design
Comments: To: William Dudley <william.dudley@nurs.utah.edu>
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Shadish, W.R., Cook, T.D., & Campbell, D.T. (2002).  Experimental and
Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference.  Boston:
Houghton-Mifflin.

  I found earlier editions very useful in teaching doctoral and post
doctoral students in nursing, psych, education, public policy, and
evaluation.

Hope this helps.

Art
Art@DrKendall.org
Social Research Consultants
University Park, MD USA
(301) 864-5570


William Dudley wrote:
> I wonder if the group can give me recommendations for a correlational and experimental design textbooks.
> I will be teaching a methods course in the Fall for nursing doctoral (PhD) students.
> All of the students are currently working in clinical oncology settings and are highly motivated
> to develop their research skills and fairly sophisticated in the content areas. Although their practice sites are clinical, their outcomes tend to be behaviors and attitudes (self ratings of symptoms, coping strategies, depressions etc) as opposed to binary outcomes often seen in clinical trials designs.  They will be using both experimental and correlations designs.
>
> I had considered the wonder text on Clinical Trials by Piantadosi, but I would like a text that is more aligned with behavioral research ( psychology)  and less with a medical model.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bill
>
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