Jackson, Sherri L., 1962-

Research methods and statistics : a critical thinking approach / Sherri L. Jackson. - 2nd ed. - Belmont, CA : Thomson Wadsworth, c2006. - xviii, 380 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 design -- 12. Quasi-experimental and single-case designs -- 13. Nonparametric procedures -- 14. APA communication guidelines.

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Psychology--Research--Methodology.
Psychometrics.

150.72 / JAC