Quantitative and Statistical Research Methods
This user-friendly textbook teaches students to understand and
apply procedural steps in completing quantitative studies. It
explains statistics while progressing through the steps of the
hypothesis-testing process from hypothesis to results. The research
problems used in the book reflect statistical applications related
to interesting and important topics. In addition, the book provides
a Research Analysis and Interpretation Guide to help students
analyze research articles.
Designed as a hands-on resource, each chapter covers a single
research problem and offers directions for implementing the
research method from start to finish. Readers will learn how
to:
* Pinpoint research questions and hypotheses
* Identify, classify, and operationally define the study
variables
* Choose appropriate research designs
* Conduct power analysis
* Select an appropriate statistic for the problem
* Use a data set
* Conduct data screening and analyses using SPSS
* Interpret the statistics
* Write the results related to the problem
Quantitative and Statistical Research Methods allows students to
immediately, independently, and successfully apply quantitative
methods to their own research projects.
Tentang Penulis
William E. Martin, Ed D, 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, Ph D, 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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