TY - BOOK AU - Jackson,Sherri L. TI - Research methods and statistics: a critical thinking approach SN - 0534556604 (hbk.) U1 - 150.72 PY - 2006/// CY - Belmont, CA PB - Thomson Wadsworth KW - Psychology KW - Research KW - Methodology KW - Psychometrics N1 - 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 ER -