Research Design

Leonard Bickman, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Public Policy. He is director of the Center for Evaluation and Program Improvement and Associate Dean for Research at Peabody College. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology (social) from the City University of New York, his master's degree in experimental psychopathology from Columbia University and his bachelor's from the City College of New York. Professor Bickman is a nationally recognized leader in program evaluation and mental healthservices research on children and adolescents. He has published more than 15 books and monographs and 180 articles and chapters and has been principal investigator on over 25 major grants from several agencies. He is co-editor of the Applied Research Methods Series published by Sage Publications since 1980. He is also co-editor of the Handbook of Applied Social Research and is collaborating on a new International Handbook of Social Research. He is the co-author of the very popular book Applied Research Design: A Practical Guide.

Introduction Plausible Rival Hypotheses in Measurement, Design and Scientific Theory - David Rindskopf The Empirical Program of Quasi-Experimentation - William R Shadish The Multitrait-Multimethod Matrix as Synopsis and Recapitulation of Campbell's Views on the Proper Conduct of Social Inquiry - William D Crano Understanding 'Method' Variance - Lee Sechrest et al A Typology of Strategies for Ruling out Threats to Validity - Chares S Reichardt Participant Selection and Loss in Randomized Experiments - Stephen G West and Brad J Sagarin The Design of the New York School Choice Scholarship Program Evaluation - Donald Rubin, Jennifer L Hill and Neal Thomas On Models Used to Adjust for Pre-Existing Differences - Jay Magidson Computer Simulations as Experiments: Using Program Evaluation Tools to Assess the Validity of Interventions in Virtual Worlds - Richard A Berk et al Evolution of the Time Series Experiment - Richard D McCleary Index About the Editor About the Contributors