Research Methods A Modular Approach

by Jackson, Sherri L.

• ISBN13: 9780495811190
• ISBN10: 049581119X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-19
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

APPROACH Sherri Jackson's RESEARCH METHODS: A MODULAR combines a lively writing style with a novel approach to offer a refreshing alternative for the research methods course. Topics are treated in relatively compact units that, though logically sequenced, can be used in any order. The critical thinking theme that threads through the book engages your thinking by asking you to continually evaluate evidence. .Brief, yet comprehensive, this text will help you master the material in an engaging way

Table of Contents

Thinking Like a Scientist

Science and Psychology

An Introduction to Research Methods

Getting Started

Research Ideas

Ethical Research

Variables

Defining, Measuring, and Manipulating Variables

Reliability and Validity

Descriptive Methods

Observation and Other Descriptive Methods

Survey Methods

Predictive (Relational) Methods

Conducting Correlational Research

Quasi-Experimental Designs

Conducting Single-Case Research

Explanatory Methods

Between-Participants Experimental Designs

Correlated-Groups and Development Designs

Advanced Experimental Designs

Descriptive Statistics

Data Organization, Central Tendency, and Variance

Transformation Scores and Correlation Coefficients

Inferential Statistics I

Hypothesis Testing

T Test for Independent Groups

Inferential Statistics II

T Test for Correlated Groups

Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

APA Communications Guidelines

Communicating Research Findings

APA Sample Manuscript

Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises

Statistical Tables

Excel, SPSS, and TI84 Exercises

Computational Formulas for ANOVA

References

Glossary

Index

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