READING STATISTICS AND RESEARCH (REFER ISBN 9781292041407)

EMPLOYING A NON-INTIMIDATING WRITING STYLE THAT EMPHASIZES CONCEPTS RATHER THAN FORMULAS, THIS UNIQUELY WELCOMING TEXT SHOWS CONSUMERS OF RESEARCH HOW TO READ, UNDERSTAND, AND CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE STATISTICAL INFORMATION AND RESEARCH RESULTS CONTAINED IN TECHNICAL RESEARCH REPORTS. SOME KEY TOPICS COVERED IN THIS THOROUGHLY REVISED TEXT INCLUDE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS, CORRELATION, RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY, ESTIMATION, H HYPOTHESIS TESTING, T-TESTS, ANOVA, ANCOVA, REGRESSION, MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS, FACTOR ANALYSIS, AND STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING (SEM). A NUMBER OF MINI-TOPICS RELATED TO RESEARCH AND STATISTICS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED, SUCH AS THE GEOMETRIC MEAN, TAU-B CORRELATION, GUTTMAN SPLIT-HALF RELIABILITY, SENSITIVITY, SPECIFICITY, AND THE SOBEL TEST. ADDITIONALLY, THE SIXTH EDITION ALSO INCLUDES OVER 488 NEW EXCERPTS (TABLES, FIGURES, PASSAGES OF TEXT) TAKEN FROM CURRENT RESEARCH REPORTS. WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY FOR STUDENTS IN NON-THESIS MASTER'S PROGRAMS BUT ALSO PERFECTLY SUITAB