Book Overview

This book integrates philosophy of science, data acquisition methods, and statistical modeling techniques to present readers with a forward-thinking perspective on clinical science. It reviews modern research practices in clinical psychology that support the goals of psychological science, study designs that promote good research, and quantitative methods that can test specific scientific questions.

Key Themes

It covers new themes in research including intensive longitudinal designs, neurobiology, developmental psychopathology, and advanced computational methods such as machine learning.

Core Topics

Core chapters examine significant statistical topics, for example missing data, causality, meta-analysis, latent variable analysis, and dyadic data analysis.

Research Designs

A balanced overview of observational and experimental designs is also supplied, including preclinical research and intervention science.

Significance

This is a foundational resource that supports the methodological training of the current and future generations of clinical psychological scientists.