{"product_id":"activities-for-teaching-statistics-and-research-methods-9781433827143","title":"Activities for Teaching Statistics and Research","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book offers original, classroom-tested activities to teach high school and undergraduate students essential concepts in research methods and statistics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeffrey R. Stowell and William E. Addison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Statistics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: Reducing Anxiety in the Statistics Classroom\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTamarah Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: How to Lie With the \u003ci\u003eY\u003c\/i\u003e-Axis\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas E. Heinzen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: Summarizing Data Using Measures of Central Tendency: A Group Activity\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomson J. Ling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: How Fast Is Your Internet? An Activity for Teaching Variance and Standard Deviation\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBonnie A. Green and Jeffrey R. Stowell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Getting Dicey: Thinking About Normal Distributions and Descriptive Statistics\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert McEntarffer and Maria Vita\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: A Low-Anxiety Introduction to the Standard Normal Distribution and Measures of Relative Standing\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Brandt and William E. Addison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Using the Heat Hypothesis to Explore the Statistical Methods of Correlation and Regression\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeorge Y. Bizer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Active Learning for Understanding Sampling Distributions\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid S. Kreiner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: Testing Students for ESP: Demonstrating the Role of Probability in Hypothesis Testing\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam E. Addison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10: Using a TV Game Show Format to Demonstrate Confidence Intervals\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexis Grosofsky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11: Real-Life Application of Type I and Type II Decision Errors\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernard C. Beins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12: Factors That Influence Statistical Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael J. Tagler and Christopher L. Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13: An Interdisciplinary Activity for \u003ci\u003ep\u003c\/i\u003e Values, Effect Sizes, and the Law of Small Numbers\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew N. Christopher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Research Methods\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14: An Activity for Teaching the Scientific Method\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR. Eric Landrum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15: Linking Identification of Independent and Dependent Variables to the Goals of Science\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary E. Kite\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 16: Everything Is Awesome: Building Operational Definitions With Play-Doh and LEGOs\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephanie E. Afful and Karen Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 17: A Demonstration of Random Assignment That Is Guaranteed to Work (95% of the Time)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas P. Pusateri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 18: Identifying Confounding Factors in Psychology Research\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Jones-Cage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 19: Demonstrating Experimenter and Participant Bias\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaridad F. Brito\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 20: The Most Unethical Researcher: An Activity for Demonstrating Research Ethics in Psychology\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSue Frantz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 21: The Ethics of Behavioral Research Using Animals: A Classroom Exercise (PDF, 909KB)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarold Herzog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 22: Demonstrating Interobserver Reliability in Naturalistic Settings\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanie H. Wilson and Shauna W. Joye\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 23: Using a Classic Model of Stress to Teach Survey Construction and Analysis\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph A. Wister\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 24: Using Childhood Memories to Demonstrate Principles of Qualitative Research\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteven A. Meyers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 25: Using a Peer-Writing Workshop to Help Students Learn American Psychological Association Style\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDana S. Dunn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e About the Editors \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Psychological Association","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408232423767,"sku":"9781433827143","price":39.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433827143.jpg?v=1730502069","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/activities-for-teaching-statistics-and-research-methods-9781433827143","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}