Description
This study guide for Gregory J. Privitera’s best-selling Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences, Third Edition includes a review of chapter learning objectives, chapter summaries, and tips and cautions. To help students practice their skills, the guide offers quizzes and exercises accompanied by answers keys; SPSS in Focus exercises with general instructions complement those in Privitera’s main text.
Table of Contents
How to Use This Workbook
SECTION I: SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
Chapter 1: Introduction to Scientific Thinking
Chapter 2: Generating Testable Ideas
Chapter 3: Research Ethics
SECTION II: DEFINING AND MEASURING VARIABLES, SELECTING SAMPLES, AND CHOOSING AN APPROPRIATE RESEARCH DESIGN
Chapter 4: Identifying Scientific Variables
Chapter 5: Sampling from Populations
Chapter 6: Choosing a Research Design
SECTION III: NONEXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS
Chapter 7: Naturalistic, Qualitative, and Existing Data Research Designs
Chapter 8: Survey and Correlational Research Designs
SECTION IV: QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH DESIGNS
Chapter 9: Quasi-Experimental and Single-Case Experimental Designs
Chapter 10: Between-Subjects Experimental Designs
Chapter 11: Within-Subjects Experimental Designs
Chapter 12: Factorial Experimental Designs
SECTION V: ANALYZING, INTERPRETING, AND COMMUNICATING RESEARCH DATA
Chapter 13: Analysis and Interpretation: Exposition of Data
Chapter 14: Analysis and Interpretation: Making Decisions About Data
Chapter 15: Communicating Research: Preparing Manuscripts, Posters, and Talks
SPSS in Focus Exercises With General Instructions
Answers to Practice Quizzes
Answers to Chapter Exercises
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