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Book SynopsisRESEARCH 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.
Table of Contents1. 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.
