Quantitative and Statistical Research Methods: From Hypothesis to Results: 42 (Research Methods for the Social Sciences) - Softcover

Martin, William E.; Bridgmon, Krista D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470631821 ISBN 13: 9780470631829

Verlag: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 2012

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QUANTITATIVE AND STATISTICAL RESEARCH METHODSOFFERS A GUIDE FOR PSYCHOLOGY, COUNSELING, AND EDUCATION STUDENTS IN THE USE OF STATISTICS AND RESEARCH DESIGNS, COMBINED WITH GUIDANCE ON USING SPSS IN THE COURSE OF THEIR RESEARCH. EACH CHAPTER COVERS A RESEARCH PROBLEM, TAKING THE STUDENT THROUGH IDENTIFYING RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES; IDENTIFYING, CLASSIFYING, AND OPERATIONALLY DEFINING THE STUDY VARIABLES; CHOOSING APPROPRIATE RESEARCH DESIGNS; CONDUCTING POWER ANALYSIS; CHOOSING AN APPROPRIATE STATISTIC FOR THE PROBLEM; USING A DATA SET; CONDUCTING DATA SCREENING AND ANALYSES (SPSS); INTERPRETING THE STATISTICS; AND WRITING THE RESULTS RELATED TO THE PROBLEM. DESIGNED SO STUDENTS WILL KNOW HOW TO PLAN RESEARCH AND CONDUCT STATISTICAL ANALYSES USING SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROCEDURES. 

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Quantitative and Statistical Research Methodsoffers a guide for psychology, counseling, and education students in the use of statistics and research designs, combined with guidance on using SPSS in the course of their research. Each chapter covers a research problem, taking the student through identifying research questions and hypotheses; identifying, classifying, and operationally defining the study variables; choosing appropriate research designs; conducting power analysis; choosing an appropriate statistic for the problem; using a data set; conducting data screening and analyses (SPSS); interpreting the statistics; and writing the results related to the problem. Designed so students will know how to plan research and conduct statistical analyses using several different procedures.

Biografía del autor:

William E. Martin, EdD, is a professor and past chair of educational psychology in the College of Education, Northern Arizona University. He also served as senior scholar in the university's Faculty Research Center. His research areas are psychometric assessment, counselor development, psychosocial adjustment, and person-environment-based prevention and intervention methods. Krista D. Bridgmon, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Her research areas are doctoral student attrition, stress and coping, school counseling, and sport psychology.

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• Verlag: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0470631821
• ISBN 13: 9780470631829
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 496