Research methods and statistics : a critical thinking approach /
Sherri L. Jackson
- Fourth edition.
- Belmont, California : Wadsworth Cengage Learning, c2012
- xviii, 510 pages : illustrations ; 24 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. Probability and Hypothesis Testing -- 8. Introduction to Inferential Statistics -- 9. The Logic and Experimental Design -- 10. Inferential Statistics: Two-Group Designs -- 11. Experimental Designs with More Than Two Levels of an Independent Variable -- 12. Complex Experimental Designs -- 13. Quasi-Experimental and Single-Case Designs -- 14. APA Communication Guidelines -- 15. APA Sample Manuscript.