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SECTION I. OVERVIEW OF BASIC DESIGN DECISIONS<br/>1. Marriage—'til Death Do Us Part—Stats and<br/>Methods—^Why They Belong Together<br/>We Want to Help<br/>Basic Steps of Research<br/>Summary<br/>2. The Two Faces of Correlation<br/>Correlation as a Research Design<br/>Correlation as a Statistic<br/>Summary<br/>3. Why Your Type of Data Really Does Matter:<br/>Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, or Ratio<br/>Nominal Data<br/>Ordinal Data<br/>Interval Data<br/>Ratio Data<br/>Summary<br/>4. To KISS (Keep It Simple Student) or<br/>to Complicate Matters<br/>How Many Variables Should I Include?<br/>How Many Participants Should I Include?<br/>How Many Independent Variables (IVs) Should I Include?<br/>Including More Than One Independent Variable (IVO<br/>Choosing the Number of Levels of Each Variable<br/>Choosing Your Dependent Variables (DVs)<br/>Avoiding the Un-Measurable Dependent Variables (DVs)<br/>How Many Dependent Variables (DVs) to Include<br/>Summary<br/>SECTION II. YOUR BASIC SPSS TOOLBOX<br/>5. Why SPSS and Not Other Software, Your Calculator,<br/>Fingers, or Toes<br/>Why We Chose SPSS<br/>The Structure of SPSS<br/>Summary<br/>6. SPSS Data Hygiene: Columns, and Labels, and<br/>Values ... Oh My!<br/>When to Create Your Data File: Yes, Even<br/>Before Data Collection<br/>Setting Up Your Data File<br/>Naming and Labeling Your Variables<br/>How to Keep Track and Remember the<br/>Details of Your Data File<br/>Creating New Variables in Your Data File:<br/>Transformations<br/>Conducting Analyses With Only Part of Your<br/>Collected Data: Split File and Select Cases<br/>Summary<br/>7. Tell Me About It: Descriptive Statistics<br/>Describing Nominal Data<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Describing Ordinal Data<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Describing Interval or Ratio Data<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Describing Data With Two Samples<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Summary<br/>SECTION III, DESIGNS, STATISTICS, INTERPRETATION,<br/>AND WHRITE-UP IN APA STYLE<br/>8. Celebrate Your Independence! Between-Groups Designs<br/>One rv, Two Levels<br/>Between Groups With Two Levels of an IV<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Independent-Samples t-Test With a Pseudo-IV<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Between Groups With More Than Two Levels of an IV<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Summary<br/>9. Everybody Plays! Repeated-Measures Designs<br/>One Independent Variable (IV) With Two Levels<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Expanding the Number of Levels for Your<br/>Independent Variable (IV)<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Adding Another Factor: Within-Subjects<br/>Factorial Designs<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Summary<br/>10. Complicating Matters: Advanced Research Designs<br/>Mixed Designs: One Between Variable and<br/>One Repeated-Measures Variable<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>A Multivariate Design: Measuring It All Including<br/>More Than One Dependent Variable in Your Design<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>ANCOVA<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Summary<br/>11. How Do I Know If That Relationship<br/>Is Real? Correlations<br/>Correlational Design: Two Variables<br/>Interpreting Pearson's r<br/>Analyzing Your Data<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Prediction With Two Variables: Simple Linear Regression<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Prediction With Several Variables: Multiple Linear Regression<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Summary<br/>12. Statistics Charades: Two Variables, Two Categories ...<br/>Is It a Chi Square?<br/>I Only Have One Question<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>One-Way Chi Square With More Than Two Levels<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Now I Only Have Two Questions<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Summary<br/>SECTION rv. A SUMMARY<br/>13. Mapping Your Decisions: You Can Get There From Here<br/>Making Basic Decisions About Your Design<br/>Data With Distinct Groups<br/>Keeping It Simple With One Variable<br/>Designs With More Than One Variable<br/>Interval or Ratio Data With Many Levels<br/>Keeping It Simple With Two Variables<br/>Including More Than Two Variables<br/>Summary<br/>14. APA Results Sections<br/>t-Test for Independent Samples (true IV)<br/>t-Test for Independent Samples (pseudo-IV)<br/>One-Way, ANOVA for Independent Groups (true IV)<br/>r-Test for Correlated Samples<br/>One-Way, ANOVA for Correlated Groups (repeated measures)<br/>Factorial ANOVA for Correlated Groups (repeated measures)<br/>Factorial ANOVA for Mixed Groups<br/>Factorial ANOVA for Independent Groups<br/>Analysis of Covariance<br/>Pearson's r Correlation<br/>Pearson's r Correlation and Simple Regression<br/>One-Way 5^2<br/>Two-Way ^2<br/>15. Did I Do That? Taking Advice From the Experts<br/>Questions About Research Design<br/>Questions About Analyzing Your Data<br/>Questions About Interpreting Your Data and<br/>Presenting Your Results<br/>SummarySECTION I. OVERVIEW OF BASIC DESIGN DECISIONS<br/>1. Marriage—'til Death Do Us Part—Stats and<br/>Methods—^Why They Belong Together<br/>We Want to Help<br/>Basic Steps of Research<br/>Summary<br/>2. The Two Faces of Correlation<br/>Correlation as a Research Design<br/>Correlation as a Statistic<br/>Summary<br/>3. Why Your Type of Data Really Does Matter:<br/>Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, or Ratio<br/>Nominal Data<br/>Ordinal Data<br/>Interval Data<br/>Ratio Data<br/>Summary<br/>4. To KISS (Keep It Simple Student) or<br/>to Complicate Matters<br/>How Many Variables Should I Include?<br/>How Many Participants Should I Include?<br/>How Many Independent Variables (IVs) Should I Include?<br/>Including More Than One Independent Variable (IVO<br/>Choosing the Number of Levels of Each Variable<br/>Choosing Your Dependent Variables (DVs)<br/>Avoiding the Un-Measurable Dependent Variables (DVs)<br/>How Many Dependent Variables (DVs) to Include<br/>Summary<br/>SECTION II. YOUR BASIC SPSS TOOLBOX<br/>5. Why SPSS and Not Other Software, Your Calculator,<br/>Fingers, or Toes<br/>Why We Chose SPSS<br/>The Structure of SPSS<br/>Summary<br/>6. SPSS Data Hygiene: Columns, and Labels, and<br/>Values ... Oh My!<br/>When to Create Your Data File: Yes, Even<br/>Before Data Collection<br/>Setting Up Your Data File<br/>Naming and Labeling Your Variables<br/>How to Keep Track and Remember the<br/>Details of Your Data File<br/>Creating New Variables in Your Data File:<br/>Transformations<br/>Conducting Analyses With Only Part of Your<br/>Collected Data: Split File and Select Cases<br/>Summary<br/>7. Tell Me About It: Descriptive Statistics<br/>Describing Nominal Data<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Describing Ordinal Data<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Describing Interval or Ratio Data<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Describing Data With Two Samples<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Summary<br/>SECTION III, DESIGNS, STATISTICS, INTERPRETATION,<br/>AND WHRITE-UP IN APA STYLE<br/>8. Celebrate Your Independence! Between-Groups Designs<br/>One rv, Two Levels<br/>Between Groups With Two Levels of an IV<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Independent-Samples t-Test With a Pseudo-IV<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Between Groups With More Than Two Levels of an IV<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Summary<br/>9. Everybody Plays! Repeated-Measures Designs<br/>One Independent Variable (IV) With Two Levels<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Expanding the Number of Levels for Your<br/>Independent Variable (IV)<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Adding Another Factor: Within-Subjects<br/>Factorial Designs<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Summary<br/>10. Complicating Matters: Advanced Research Designs<br/>Mixed Designs: One Between Variable and<br/>One Repeated-Measures Variable<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>A Multivariate Design: Measuring It All Including<br/>More Than One Dependent Variable in Your Design<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>ANCOVA<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Summary<br/>11. How Do I Know If That Relationship<br/>Is Real? Correlations<br/>Correlational Design: Two Variables<br/>Interpreting Pearson's r<br/>Analyzing Your Data<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Prediction With Two Variables: Simple Linear Regression<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Prediction With Several Variables: Multiple Linear Regression<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Summary<br/>12. Statistics Charades: Two Variables, Two Categories ...<br/>Is It a Chi Square?<br/>I Only Have One Question<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>One-Way Chi Square With More Than Two Levels<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Now I Only Have Two Questions<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Using SPSS<br/>Writing an APA-Style Results Section<br/>Summary<br/>SECTION rv. A SUMMARY<br/>13. Mapping Your Decisions: You Can Get There From Here<br/>Making Basic Decisions About Your Design<br/>Data With Distinct Groups<br/>Keeping It Simple With One Variable<br/>Designs With More Than One Variable<br/>Interval or Ratio Data With Many Levels<br/>Keeping It Simple With Two Variables<br/>Including More Than Two Variables<br/>Summary<br/>14. APA Results Sections<br/>t-Test for Independent Samples (true IV)<br/>t-Test for Independent Samples (pseudo-IV)<br/>One-Way, ANOVA for Independent Groups (true IV)<br/>r-Test for Correlated Samples<br/>One-Way, ANOVA for Correlated Groups (repeated measures)<br/>Factorial ANOVA for Correlated Groups (repeated measures)<br/>Factorial ANOVA for Mixed Groups<br/>Factorial ANOVA for Independent Groups<br/>Analysis of Covariance<br/>Pearson's r Correlation<br/>Pearson's r Correlation and Simple Regression<br/>One-Way 5^2<br/>Two-Way ^2<br/>15. Did I Do That? Taking Advice From the Experts<br/>Questions About Research Design<br/>Questions About Analyzing Your Data<br/>Questions About Interpreting Your Data and<br/>Presenting Your Results<br/>Summary |
