Research Methods, Statistics, and Applications (2nd Edition) – PDF

This eBook, Research Methods, Statistics, and Applications, 2nd Edition (PDF), has been updated and is designed to help students prepare for graduate work and critical research analysis. The authors, Kathrynn A. Adams and Eva K. Lawrence, have maintained the conversational writing style, multiple examples, and hands-on applications that made the first edition so accessible.

The new edition includes additional coverage of online data collection, inferential statistics, and regression and ANOVA. It also features a wide range of diverse examples drawn from the current research literature, showcasing various research designs in the social sciences. Throughout each chapter, the authors apply research topics and examples from the current research literature across all aspects of the research process.

What’s new in this edition:

• New diverse examples from current research literature in criminal justice, politics, education, and counseling, exposing students to different research designs in the social sciences and highlighting commonalities.
• New chapter-ending The Big Picture sections with appropriate charts and tables, encouraging students to consider decisions about specific statistical analyses.
• Two separate chapters (Inferential Statistics and Comparing Your Sample to a Known or Expected Score) that allow instructors to focus on the theoretical concepts of inferential statistics before introducing each specific inferential statistic, enhancing student understanding.
• Expanded coverage of inferential statistics, including more discussion of APA guidelines for appropriate statistics, as well as increased focus on effect sizes and confidence intervals.
• New consistent headings that make it easy for students to locate information quickly, while enabling instructors to identify sections they may wish to focus on, skip, or present in a different order.

ISBN: 978-1506350455

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