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.