Errors in evidence-based decision making : improving and applying research literacy /

This is a research methods textbook for students who fear research textbooks. The diversity of topics in this book permits application to research methods courses in these academic fields: Economics, Education, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. This should be the first book for all stude...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Janke, Robert W.
Other Authors: Cooper, Bruce S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]
Subjects:
Research > Methodology > Textbooks.
Decision making > Textbooks.
Science > Methodology > Textbooks.
Errors, Scientific > Textbooks.
REFERENCE > Questions & Answers.
Decision making
Errors, Scientific
Research > Methodology
Science > Methodology
Textbooks
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Identifying errors
  • Dispositions and ethics
  • Problem development
  • Variables
  • Measurement foundations
  • Data collection instruments
  • Sampling methods
  • External and internal validity threats to evidence
  • Research design
  • Data analysis
  • Statistical probability and interpretation
  • Personal biases in interpretation
  • The age of misinformation
  • Religion and science
  • Epilogue
  • how will we apply research to improve our lives?

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