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This text shows consumers of research how to read, understand, and critically evaluate the statistical information and research results contained in technical research reports.

The text is also useful for applied researchers who need advice on how to analyze their own data and summarize their empirical findings. Students in education and other disciplines need to learn how to interpret and use statistics and research, but often they do not have any way to begin this process. This text clearly and methodically presents basic statistical and research concepts and illustrates how to employ them in making sound educational decisions. Excerpts from more than 500 recent research articles are presented, analyzed, and discussed to illustrate concepts, while numerous cases, terms and review questions help guide the discussion.

• Unique, boxed Excerpts from recent research articles (including tables, figures, and portions of textual material) illustrate concepts and conceptual/procedural mistakes.

• Excerpts have been added from many more disciplines (e.g. education, psychology, nursing, ecology, gerontology, etc.).

• A full chapter on regression discusses this often obscure topic in a clear and meaningful way (Ch. 16).

• Specific emphasis on the distinction between practical significance vs. statistical significance clearly illustrates a topic that is often confusing.

• A multitude of cases show how researchers test important underlying assumptions and explore the options when assumptions are violated.

• NEW! Over 95% of the Excerpts are new, with the vast majority from 2000—2002 research articles. New Excerpts are discussed throughout the chapters.

• Thoroughly revised and streamlined to be briefer and more accessible to readers who often have difficulty with topics.

• Research Edition of this book now incorporates key term icons for further journal research, chapter-by-chapter database activities, and an annotated bibliography of articles.

• TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE—A very complete Companion Website includes chapter outlines, interactive review quizzes, links to interactive websites, statistical poetry, “eThemes of the Times” articles, and a link to “Research Navigator.”

Preface.


Acknowledgements.


 1. The Typical Format of Journal Articles.


 2. Descriptive Statistics: The Univariate Case.


 3. The Bivariate Case.


 4. Reliability and Validity.


 5. Foundations of Inferential Statistics.


 6. Estimation.


 7. Hypothesis Testing.


 8. Effect Size, Power, Cls, and Bonoferroni.


 9. Statistical Inferences Concerning Bivariate Correlation Coefficients.


10. Inferences Concerning One or Two Means.


11. Tests on Three or More Means Using a One-Way ANOVA.


12. Post Hoc and Planned Comparisons.


13. Two-Way Analyses of Variance.


14. Analyses of Variance With Repeated Measures.


15. The Analysis of Covariance.


16. Bivariate, Multiple and Logistic Regression.


17. Inferences on Percentages, Proportions, and Frequencies.


18. Statistical Tests on Ranks (Non-Parametric Tests).


Epilogue.


Credits.


Index.

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  &>This text shows consumers of research how to read, understand, and critically evaluate the statistical information and research results contained in technical research reports.

  
  

  The text is also invaluable for applied researchers who need advice on how to analyze their own data and summarize their empirical findings. Students in education and other disciplines need to learn how to interpret and use statistics and research, but often they do not have any way to begin this process. This text clearly and methodically presents basic statistical and research concepts and illustrates how to employ them in making sound educational decisions. Excerpts from more than 500 recent research articles are presented, analyzed, and discussed to illustrate concepts, while numerous cases, terms and review questions help guide the discussion.

This text shows students and consumers of research how to read, understand, and critically evaluate the statistical information and research results contained in technical research reports. The text also provides applied researchers with advice on how to analyze their own data and summarize their empirical findings. Students in education and other disciplines need to learn how to interpret and use statistics and research, but often they do not have a way to begin this process. This text clearly and methodically presents basic statistical and research concepts and illustrates how to employ them in making sound educational decisions. Excerpts from more than 500 recent research articles are presented, analyzed and discussed to illustrate concepts while numerous cases, terms and review questions help guide the discussion.

New to this Edition

• NEW! Over 95% of the Excerpts are new, with the vast majority from 2000-2002 research articles. New Excerpts are discussed throughout the chapters.
• Thoroughly revised and streamlined to be briefer and more accessible to readers who often have difficulty with challenging topics.
• Research Edition of this book now incorporates key term icons for further journal research, chapter-by-chapter database activities, an annotated Bibliography, and Themes of the TIMES article connections.

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