Includes bibliographical references (p. 741-745) and index.
Contents:
Pt. I. Introduction to research design. The nature of enquiry -- Beginning the design process -- Initial sources of invalidity and confounding -- Basic designs -- Identifying populations and samples -- Additional sources of confounding by the measurement process and interactions -- Refining the designs -- pt. II. Measurement design. Principles of measurement and collecting factual data -- Measuring attitudes, opinions and views -- Measuring achievement -- Evaluating data quality: determining instrument reliability and validity -- pt. III. Turning data into information using statistics. Descriptive statistics using a spreadsheet -- Probability and statistical significance -- Power, errors, and choosing α -- pt. IV. Ex post facto, experimental and quasi-experimental designs: parametric tests. Comparing two groups: t-test -- One-way analysis of variance -- Factorial designs -- Randomized block designs and analysis of covariance -- pt. V. Nonparametric tests: nominal and ordinal variables. Nonparametric tests: one and two samples -- Nonparametric tests: multiple and related samples -- pt. VI. Describing non-causal relationships. Correlation and association -- Regression -- Postscript -- Appendix A: An introduction to spreadsheets -- Appendix B: Statistical tables -- Glossary of mathematical symbols, equations and Excel functions.
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