Buch, Englisch
ISBN: 978-0-335-23548-3
Verlag: Open University Press
Key features of the new edition include:
- New pedagogy. Website icons within the text reference an enhanced website, www.openup.co.uk/harris, and ‘Common Mistake’ icons highlight common errors students should avoid. Statistics icons make reference to two key statistics books* where students can find more detailed information. A further icon indicates the presence of relevant commentary at the end of the book for more advanced students
- Discussion of how to write up different forms of quantitative study and report relevant statistics
- Improved self-testing. There are diagnostic questions (with answers at the end of the book) as well as fifty self-assessment questions within the text to aid student learning. Chapters in part two contain a list of methodological and statistical concepts covered that will help students to consolidate their knowledge
- A completely revised section on how to find and cite references plus current information on how to cite electronic references, incorporating the new APA guidelines
- Advice on the ethics of conducting research on the Internet
* The statistics books referenced are SPSS Survival Manual 3/e by Julie Pallant and Learning to Use Statistical Tests in Psychology 3/e by Judith Greene and Manuela d’Oliveira, both published by Open University Press. However, this book is designed for use with any statistics textbook.
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Preface
To students
How to use this book
To tutors
Part 1: Writing reports
1 Getting started
2 The INTRODUCTION Section
3 The METHOD Section
4 The RESULTS Section
5 The DISCUSSION Section
6 The TITLE and ABSTRACT
7 REFERENCES and APPENDICES
8 Producing the final version of the report
Check list for report writing
What the marker's looking for
Mistakes to avoid
Part 2: Design and statistics
9 Experiments, correlation and description
10 Basic experimental design
11 Statistics: significance testing
12 Statistics: effect size and power
13 More advanced experimental design
Commentary
Recommended reading
Appendix 1 Confusing predictions from the null hypothesis with those from the experimental hypothesis
Appendix 2 Randomizing
Appendix 3 How to use tables of critical values of inferential statistics
Answers to SAQs
Answers to diagnostic questions
References
Index of Concepts