{"product_id":"understanding-and-applying-research-design-9781118096482","title":"Understanding and Applying Research Design","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis introductory guide provides a fresh approach to integrating design and statistics in a hands-on fashion that incorporates the power of SPSS  (R) software to solve real-world problems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a good book on designing good research studies and using statistical and analytical tools to measure their results accurately.”  (\u003ci\u003eBiz India\u003c\/i\u003e, 22 April 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I WHEEL OF SCIENCE: PREMISES OF RESEARCH 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 \"DUH\" SCIENCE VERSUS \"HUH\" SCIENCE 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 THEORIES AND HYPOTHESES 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 OBSERVATION AND EMPIRICAL GENERALIZATION 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 ETHICS 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II WHEEL OF SCIENCE: PROCEDURES OF RESEARCH 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 MEASUREMENT 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 USING SPSS IN RESEARCH 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 CHI-SQUARE AND CONTINGENCY TABLE ANALYSIS 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 LEARNING FROM POPULATIONS: CENSUSES AND SAMPLES 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 CORRELATION 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 REGRESSION 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 CAUSATION 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III WHEEL OF SCIENCE: DESIGNS OF RESEARCH 203\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 SURVEY RESEARCH 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 AGGREGATE RESEARCH 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 EXPERIMENTS 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 STATISTICAL METHODS OF DIFFERENCE: T TEST 270\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE 280\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 FIELD RESEARCH 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 CONTENT ANALYSIS 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV STATISTICS AND DATA MANAGEMENT 327\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSTATISTICAL PROCEDURES UNIT A: WRITING THE STATISTICAL RESEARCH SUMMARY 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSTATISTICAL PROCEDURES UNIT B: THE NATURE OF INFERENTIAL STATISTICS 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDATA MANAGEMENT UNIT A: USE AND FUNCTIONS OF SPSS 343\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDATA MANAGEMENT UNIT B: USING SPSS TO RECODE FOR T TEST 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDATA MANAGEMENT UNIT C: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSTATISTICAL PROCEDURES UNIT C: Z SCORES 389\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 411\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 416\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51456049643863,"sku":"9781118096482","price":98.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118096482.jpg?v=1755033596","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/understanding-and-applying-research-design-9781118096482","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}