An easyguide to research design & SPSS. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Easy guide to research design & SPSS; Easyguide to research design and SPSS
• Further Information: Note: Beth M. Schwartz, Randolph College, Janie H. Wilson, Georgia Southern University, Dennis M. Goff, Randolph College.
• Authors: Schwartz, Beth M; Wilson, Janie H; Goff, Dennis M
• Contents: Section 1: Overview Basic Design Decisions; Chapter 1: Marriage – ‘Til Death Do Us Part; We Want to Help; Basic Steps of Research; Chapter 2: The Two Faces of Correlation; Correlation as a Research Design; Correlations as a Statistic; Chapter 3: Why Your Type fo Data Really Does Matter: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, or Ratio; Nominal Data; Ordinal Data; Interval Data; Ratio Data; Chapter 4: To KISS (Keep It Simply Student) or to Complicate Matters: Nominal Data; How Many Variables Should I Include?; How Many Participants Should I Include; How Many Independent Variables ( IVs) Should I Include; Including More Than One Independnt Variables (IV); Choosing the Number of Levels of Each Variable; Choosing Your Dependent Variables (DVs); Avoiding the Un-Measurable Dependent Variables (DVs); How Many Dependent Variables (DVs) To Include; Section II: Your Basic SPSS Tool Box; Chapter 5: Why SPSS and Not Other Software, Your Calculator, Fingers, or Toes; The Structure of SPSS; Chapter 6: SPSS Data Hygiene: Columns, and Labels, and Values….Oh My; When to Create Your Data File: Yes Even Before Data Collection; Setting Up Your Data File; Naming and Labeling Your Variables; How to Keep Track and Remember the Details of Your Data File; Creating New Variables in Your Data File: Transformations; Conducting Analyses With Only Parts of Your Collected Data; Chapter 7: Tell Me About It: Descriptive Statistics; Describing Nominal Data; Describing Ordinal Data; Describing Interval of Ratio Data; Describing Data with Two Samples; Section III: Designs, Statistics, Interpretaion, and Write-Up in APA Style; Chapter 8: Celebrate Your Independence!: Between-Groups Designs; One IV, Two Levels; Between Groups with 2 Levels of an IV; Independent-Samples T-Test with a Pseudo-IV; Between Groups with More than 2 Levels of an IV; Chapter 9: Everybody Plays!: Repeated-Measures Designs; One Independent Variable (IV) with Two-Levels; Expanding the Number of Levels for Your Independent Variable; Adding Another Factor: Within-Subjects Factorial Designs; Chapter 10: Complicating Matters: Advanced Research Designs; Mixed Designs: One Between Variable and One Repeated-Measures; A Multivariate Design: Measuring It All Including More Than One Dependent Variable In Your Design; ANCOVA; Chapter 11: How do I know if That Relationship is Real? Correlations; Correlational Design: Two Variables; Interpreting Pearson’s r; Analyzing Your Data; Prediction with Two Variables: Simple Linear Regression; Prediction with Several Variables: Multiple Linear Regression; Chapter 12: Statistics Charades: Two Variables, Two Categories…..is it a Chi Square?; I Only Have One Question; One-way Chi Square With More Than Two Levels; Now I Only Have Two Questions; Section IV: Summary; Chapter 13: Mapping Your Decisions: You Can Get There From Here; Making Basic Decisions About Your Design; Data with Distinct Groups; Interval or Ratio Data with Many Levels; Chapter 14: Sample Results Sections for Each Type of Design; Independent-Samples T-Test (True IV); Independent-Samples T-Test (Pseudo-IV); One-Way, Between-Groups ANOVA (True IV); Paired-Samples T-Test; One-Way, Within-Groups (Repeated-Measures) ANOVA; Two-Way, Within-Groups (Repeated-Measures) ANOVA; Pearson’s r Correlation; Pearson’s r Correlation and Regression; One-Way ?2; Two-Way ?2; Chapter 15: Did I do that? Taking Advice From the Experts; Questions About Research Design; Questions About Analyzing Your Data; Questions About Interpreting Your Data and Presenting Your Results; When Interpreting Your Data;
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 277 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 001.422; Social sciences -- Statistical methods -- Data processing; Social sciences -- Methodology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483364551; 1483364550
• Related ISBNs: 9781452288826
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267) and index.
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