Research Methods and Statistics, 3rd Edition

Research Methods and Statistics: A Critical Thinking Approach

RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS: A CRITICAL THINKING APPROACH, 3e, 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 text adopts an inviting narrative style that draws you into the material, helping you overcome the initial apprehension you may feel at having to learn both subject areas at once. She incorporates a student-friendly critical-thinking approach and presents examples and exercises to which you can relate. Jackson focuses on the logic of the process and the methodology aspect of research.

Table of Contents

1 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 Hypothesis Testing and Inferential Statistics
8 The Logic of Experimental Design
9 Inferential Statistics: Two-Group Designs
10 Experimental Designs with More Than Two Levels of an Independent Variable
11 Complex Experimental Designs
12 Quasi-Experimental and Single-Case Designs
13 APA Communication Guidelines
14 APA Sample Manuscript
APPENDIX A: Statistical Tables
APPENDIX B: Computational Formulas for ANOVAs
APPENDIX C: Answers to Odd-Numbered Chapter Exercises and All Review Exercises