Research Methods and Statistics A Critical Thinking Approach

by Jackson, Sherri L.

• ISBN13: 9780534554231
• ISBN10: 0534554237
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-29
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Though combining statistics and research methods into one course may initially seem overwhelming, Jackson's text successfully illustrates the integration between statistics and research methods by demonstrating the ways to use statistics in analyzing data collected during research. Jackson's combined Statistics and Research Methods text adopts an inviting narrative style that speaks directly to students and draws them into the material. She incorporates a student-friendly critical thinking approach and presents examples and exercises to which students can relate. From page one of the text, Jackson clearly focuses on the logic of the process and the methodology aspect of research.

Author Biography

Sherri L. Jackson is Professor of Psychology at Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida, where she has taught since 1988

Table of Contents

1. Thinking Like a Scientist

2. Getting Started: Defining, Measuring, and Manipulating Variables

3. Descriptive Methods

4. Data Organization and Descriptive Statistics

5. Correlational Methods and Statistics

6. Hypothesis Testing and Inferential Statistics

7. The Logic of Experimental Design

8. Inferential Statistics for Two Group Designs

9. Experimental Designs with more than Two Levels of an Independent Variable

10. Complex Experimental Design

11. Quasi-experimental and Single-case Designs

12. APA Guidelines: Writing and Ethics

Appendix A: Statistical Tables

Appendix B: Computational Formulas for ANOVAs

Appendix C: Answers to Odd Numbered Exercises

Glossary

Bibliography

Index