Research Methods and Statistics
A Critical Thinking Approach
5th Edition
Published on 10. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
528 pages
978-0-357-67093-4 (ISBN)
Description
RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS: A CRITICAL THINKING APPROACH, 5th Edition, successfully illustrates the integration between statistics and research methods by demonstrating the ways to use statistics in analyzing data collected during research. This combined book adopts an inviting narrative style that speaks directly to readers and draws them into the material, helping them overcome the initial apprehension they may feel at the prospect of learning both subject areas at once. Focusing on the logic of the process and the methodology aspect of research, Jackson incorporates a friendly critical-thinking approach and presents examples and exercises to which readers can relate.
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Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 22 mm
Width: 187 mm
Thickness: 231 mm
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-357-67093-4 (9780357670934)
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Sherri L. Jackson is professor of psychology at Jacksonville University (JU), where she has taught since 1988 and currently serves as Chair of the Division of Social Sciences. At JU, she has won Excellence in Scholarship (2003), University Service (2004), and Teaching (2009) awards; the university-wide Professor of the Year Award in 2004; the Woman of the Year Award in 2005; and the Institutional Excellence Award in 2007. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. in cognitive/experimental psychology from the University of Florida. Her research interests include human reasoning and the teaching of psychology, and she has published numerous articles in both areas. She is also the author of RESEARCH METHODS & STATISTICS: A CRITICAL THINKING APPROACH, 5th Edition (Wadsworth/Cengage, 2016), RESEARCH METHODS: A MODULAR APPROACH, 3rd Edition (Wadsworth/Cengage, 2015) and A CONCISE GUIDE TO STATISTICAL ANALYSES USING EXCEL, SPSS, AND THE TI-84 CALCULATOR (Cengage, 2013).
Content
1. Thinking Like a Scientist.
2. Getting Started: Ideas, Resources, and Ethics.
3. Defining, Measuring, and Manipulating Variables.
4. Descriptive Methods.
5. Data Organization and Descriptive Statistics.
6. Correlational Methods and Statistics.
7. Probability and Hypothesis Testing.
8. Introduction to Inferential Statistics.
9. Experimental Design and Analysis I: Between-Subjects Designs.
10. Experimental Design and Analysis II: Correlated-Groups Designs.
11. Experimental Design and Analysis III: Designs with More Than Two Levels of an Independent Variable.
12. Experimental Design and Analysis IV: Complex Experimental Designs.
13. Quasi-Experimental and Single-Case Designs.
14. Nonparametric Inferential Statistics.
15. APA Communication Guidelines.
Appendix A. Statistical Tables.
Appendix B. Computational Formulas for ANOVAs.
Appendix C. Answers to Odd-Numbered Chapter Exercises and All Review Exercises.
Appendix D: Getting Started with Excel, SPSS, and the TI-84 Calculator.
References.
2. Getting Started: Ideas, Resources, and Ethics.
3. Defining, Measuring, and Manipulating Variables.
4. Descriptive Methods.
5. Data Organization and Descriptive Statistics.
6. Correlational Methods and Statistics.
7. Probability and Hypothesis Testing.
8. Introduction to Inferential Statistics.
9. Experimental Design and Analysis I: Between-Subjects Designs.
10. Experimental Design and Analysis II: Correlated-Groups Designs.
11. Experimental Design and Analysis III: Designs with More Than Two Levels of an Independent Variable.
12. Experimental Design and Analysis IV: Complex Experimental Designs.
13. Quasi-Experimental and Single-Case Designs.
14. Nonparametric Inferential Statistics.
15. APA Communication Guidelines.
Appendix A. Statistical Tables.
Appendix B. Computational Formulas for ANOVAs.
Appendix C. Answers to Odd-Numbered Chapter Exercises and All Review Exercises.
Appendix D: Getting Started with Excel, SPSS, and the TI-84 Calculator.
References.