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After reading this chapter, you should be able to do the following:

 3.1 Use five principles of scientific thinking to differentiate scientific research from pseudoscience.

 3.2 Identify and describe the four goals of scientific research with children and adolescents: description, prediction, explanation, and replication.Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of various research designs commonly used with children, such as correlational, experimental, and quasi-experimental studies.

 3.3 Explain the importance of ethics when conducting research with children and families in need.