Study Guide Res Methods Stats 4E: SAGE Inc

Preface
Publisher's Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1: Thinking Like a Researcher
Chapter Summary
Chapter 1 Exercises
Your Research
Chapter 2: Build a Solid Foundation for Your Study Based on Past Research
Chapter Summary
Chapter 2 Exercises
Chapter 3: Select Your Tools: How to Measure Your Variables
Chapter Summary
Chapter 3 Exercises
Chapter 4: The Cornerstones of Good Research: Reliability and Validity
Chapter Summary
Chapter 4 Exercises
Chapter 5: Basics of Research Design: Description and Sampling
Chapter Summary
Chapter 5 Exercises
Chapter 6: Describing Your Sample
Chapter Summary
Chapter 6 Exercises
Chapter 7: Beyond Descriptives: Making Inferences Based on Your Sample
Chapter Summary
Chapter 7 Exercises
Chapter 8: Comparing Your Sample to a Known or Expected Score
Chapter Summary
Chapter 8 Exercises
Chapter 9: Examining Relationships Among Your Variables: Correlational Design
Chapter Summary
Chapter 9 Exercises
Chapter 10: Examining Causality
Chapter Summary
Chapter 10 Exercises
Chapter 11: Independent-Groups Designs
Chapter Summary
Chapter 11 Exercises
Chapter 12: Dependent-Groups Designs
Chapter Summary
Chapter 12 Exercises
Chapter 13: Factorial Designs
Chapter Summary
Chapter 13 Exercises
Chapter 14: Nonparametric Statistics
Chapter Summary
Chapter 14 Exercises
Chapter 15: Focusing on the Individual: Case Studies and Single N Designs
Chapter Summary
Chapter 15 Exercises
Chapter 16: How to Decide? Choosing a Research Design and Selecting the Correct Analysis
Chapter Summary
Chapter 16 Exercises
IBM® SPSS® Part 1: Fundamentals of Data Analysis
Before You Begin
Data Entry
Create Scale Scores
Managing Data
Part 1 Practice Exercises
IBM® SPSS® Part 2: Analyses to Examine One Variable at a Time
Descriptive Statistics
Confidence Intervals
One-Sample t Test
Chi-Square Goodness of Fit
IBM® SPSS® Part 3: Analyses to Examine Relationships (No Groups)
Pearson's r and Spearman's Rho
Linear Regression
Part 3 Practice Exercises
IBM® SPSS® Part 4: Analyses to Compare Independent Groups
Parametric vs. Nonparametric Statistics
Independent-Samples t Test
One-Way Between-Subjects ANOVA
Two-Way Between-Subjects ANOVA (or Three-way, etc.)
Nonparametric Statistics
IBM® SPSS® Part 5: Analyses for Dependent Groups and Mixed Designs
Parametric vs. Nonparametric Statistics
Dependent-Samples t Test
One-Way Within-Subjects ANOVA
Two-Way Within-Subjects ANOVA and Mixed ANOVA
Nonparametric Statistics
IBM® SPSS® Part 6: Quick Guides
Analyses to Examine One Variable at a Time
Analyses to Examine Relationships (No Groups)
Analyses to Compare Independent Groups: Parametric
Analyses to Compare Independent Groups: Nonparametric
Analyses for Dependent Groups and Mixed Designs: Parametric
Analyses for Dependent Groups and Mixed Designs: Nonparametric