Foreword / Thomas D. Cook Introduction / Richard R. Bootzin and Patrick E. McKnight Part I: Excellence and realism in measurement Researching teaching : the problem of studying a system resistant to change / Ronald Gallimore and Rossella Santagata Heroic rescue during the Holocaust : empirical and methodological perspectives / Elizabeth Midlarsky, Stephanie Fagin Jones, and Robin K. Nemeroff Understanding social contexts and coping : connections with intervention programs / Rudolf H. Moos Stress, copying, and outcome in cognitive therapy / Lawrence H. Cohen, Kathleen C. Gunthert, and Andrew C. Butler Part II: Methodology in research and evaluation Mechanisms of change in psychotherapy : advances, breakthroughs, and cutting-edge research (do not yet exist) / Alan E. Kazdin Treatment strength and integrity : models and methods / David S. Cordray and Georgine M. Pion
Random assignment : a systematic review / Souraya Sidani
Propensity scores and quasi-experiments : a testimony to the practical side of Lee Sechrest / William R. Shadish, Jason K. Luellen, and M.H. Clark
Part III: Validity and measurement in evaluation
How to fool yourself with experiments in testing theories in psychological research / Werner W. Wittmann and Petra L. Klumb
Improving prediction from clinical assessment : the roles of measurement, psychometric theory, and decision theory / Timothy R. Stickle and Carl F. Weems
Part IV: Methodological mentoring
Rear end validity : a caution / Bradley H. Smith
The nature of scientific legacy : the case of Lee Sechrest / Patrick E. McKnight, Katherine M. McKnight, and A.J. Figueredo
Epilogue / Robert F. Boruch.
