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Understanding Research Methods and Statistics : An Integrated Introduction for Psychology

ISBN: 9780618043040 | 0618043047
Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 9/13/2000

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SummaryTable of Contents
This text successfully integrates statistics and research methods, by placing statistics in the context of research to help students grasp both topics more clearly. Discussions include all major descriptive and experimental methods, as well as primary and secondary statistical procedures.
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Prefacexix
Part 1 Introduction to Psychological Research
Introduction to the Scientific Method
2(26)
The Logic of Designing and Interpreting Research
28(26)
Understanding Reliability and Validity
54(25)
Design Issues and Ethical Concerns in Experiments
79(29)
Design Issues and Ethical Concerns in Descriptive Research
108(26)
Part 2 Descriptive Statistics
Summarizing Research Using Frequency Distributions and Percentiles
134(29)
Summarizing Research Using Measures of Central Tendency
163(28)
Summarizing Research Using Measures of Variability
191(27)
Summarizing Research Using z-Scores
218(30)
Part 3 Correlational Research and Correlational Statistics
Correlational Research and the Correlation Coefficient
248(34)
Using Linear Regression to Predict Scores
282(30)
Part 4 Introduction to Inferential Statistics
Probability and Making Decisions About Chance Events
312(24)
Overview of Statistical Hypothesis Testing: The z-Test
336(32)
The Single-Sample Study: Testing a Sample Mean or Correlation Coefficient
368(32)
Part 5 Designing and Analyzing Two-Sample Experiments
The Two-Sample Between-Subjects Experiment and the Independent-Samples t-Test
400(29)
The Two-Sample Within-Subjects Experiment and the Dependent-Samples t-Test
429(27)
Part 6 Designing and Analyzing Complex Experiments
The One-Way Between-Subjects Experiment and the One-Way Analysis of Variance
456(32)
The Two-Way Between-Subjects Experiment and the Two-Way Analysis of Variance
488(40)
Within-Subjects Experiments and Other Multifactor Designs
528(30)
Part 7 Alternative Approaches to Design and Analysis
Quasi-Experiments and Single-Subject Designs
558(29)
Chi Square and Other Nonparametric Statistical Procedures
587(164)
Appendices
A Organizing and Communicating Research Using APA Format
615(44)
B Additional Statistical Formulas
659(44)
C Statistical Tables
703(22)
D Answers to Odd-Numbered Review Questions and Practice Problems
725(26)
Glossary751(14)
References765(4)
Index769

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