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APPROACH Sherri Jackson's RESEARCH METHODS: A MODULAR combines a lively writing style with a novel approach to offer a refreshing alternative for the research methods course. Topics are treated in relatively compact units that, though logically sequenced, can be used in any order. The critical thinking theme that threads through the book engages your thinking by asking you to continually evaluate evidence. .Brief, yet comprehensive, this text will help you master the material in an engaging way

Thinking Like a Scientist
Science and Psychology
An Introduction to Research Methods
Getting Started
Research Ideas
Ethical Research
Variables
Defining, Measuring, and Manipulating Variables
Reliability and Validity
Descriptive Methods
Observation and Other Descriptive Methods
Survey Methods
Predictive (Relational) Methods
Conducting Correlational Research
Quasi-Experimental Designs
Conducting Single-Case Research
Explanatory Methods
Between-Participants Experimental Designs
Correlated-Groups and Development Designs
Advanced Experimental Designs
Descriptive Statistics
Data Organization, Central Tendency, and Variance
Transformation Scores and Correlation Coefficients
Inferential Statistics I
Hypothesis Testing
T Test for Independent Groups
Inferential Statistics II
T Test for Correlated Groups
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
APA Communications Guidelines
Communicating Research Findings
APA Sample Manuscript
Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises
Statistical Tables
Excel, SPSS, and TI84 Exercises
Computational Formulas for ANOVA
References
Glossary
Index
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Research Methods A Modular Approach

Research Methods A Modular Approach

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