An easy guide to research design and SPSS/
Beth M. Schwartz, Janie H. Wilson and Dennis M. Goff.
- Los Angeles: SAGE, 2015.
- xiii, 277 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
SECTION I. OVERVIEW OF BASIC DESIGN DECISIONS 1. Marriage—'til Death Do Us Part—Stats and Methods—^Why They Belong Together We Want to Help Basic Steps of Research Summary 2. The Two Faces of Correlation Correlation as a Research Design Correlation as a Statistic Summary 3. Why Your Type of Data Really Does Matter: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, or Ratio Nominal Data Ordinal Data Interval Data Ratio Data Summary 4. To KISS (Keep It Simple Student) or to Complicate Matters How Many Variables Should I Include? How Many Participants Should I Include? How Many Independent Variables (IVs) Should I Include? Including More Than One Independent Variable (IVO Choosing the Number of Levels of Each Variable Choosing Your Dependent Variables (DVs) Avoiding the Un-Measurable Dependent Variables (DVs) How Many Dependent Variables (DVs) to Include Summary SECTION II. YOUR BASIC SPSS TOOLBOX 5. Why SPSS and Not Other Software, Your Calculator, Fingers, or Toes Why We Chose SPSS The Structure of SPSS Summary 6. SPSS Data Hygiene: Columns, and Labels, and Values ... Oh My! When to Create Your Data File: Yes, Even Before Data Collection Setting Up Your Data File Naming and Labeling Your Variables How to Keep Track and Remember the Details of Your Data File Creating New Variables in Your Data File: Transformations Conducting Analyses With Only Part of Your Collected Data: Split File and Select Cases Summary 7. Tell Me About It: Descriptive Statistics Describing Nominal Data Using SPSS Describing Ordinal Data Using SPSS Describing Interval or Ratio Data Using SPSS Describing Data With Two Samples Using SPSS Summary SECTION III, DESIGNS, STATISTICS, INTERPRETATION, AND WHRITE-UP IN APA STYLE 8. Celebrate Your Independence! Between-Groups Designs One rv, Two Levels Between Groups With Two Levels of an IV Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Independent-Samples t-Test With a Pseudo-IV Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Between Groups With More Than Two Levels of an IV Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Summary 9. Everybody Plays! Repeated-Measures Designs One Independent Variable (IV) With Two Levels Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Expanding the Number of Levels for Your Independent Variable (IV) Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Adding Another Factor: Within-Subjects Factorial Designs Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Summary 10. Complicating Matters: Advanced Research Designs Mixed Designs: One Between Variable and One Repeated-Measures Variable Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section A Multivariate Design: Measuring It All Including More Than One Dependent Variable in Your Design Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section ANCOVA Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Summary 11. How Do I Know If That Relationship Is Real? Correlations Correlational Design: Two Variables Interpreting Pearson's r Analyzing Your Data Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Prediction With Two Variables: Simple Linear Regression Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Prediction With Several Variables: Multiple Linear Regression Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Summary 12. Statistics Charades: Two Variables, Two Categories ... Is It a Chi Square? I Only Have One Question Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section One-Way Chi Square With More Than Two Levels Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Now I Only Have Two Questions Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Summary SECTION rv. A SUMMARY 13. Mapping Your Decisions: You Can Get There From Here Making Basic Decisions About Your Design Data With Distinct Groups Keeping It Simple With One Variable Designs With More Than One Variable Interval or Ratio Data With Many Levels Keeping It Simple With Two Variables Including More Than Two Variables Summary 14. APA Results Sections t-Test for Independent Samples (true IV) t-Test for Independent Samples (pseudo-IV) One-Way, ANOVA for Independent Groups (true IV) r-Test for Correlated Samples One-Way, ANOVA for Correlated Groups (repeated measures) Factorial ANOVA for Correlated Groups (repeated measures) Factorial ANOVA for Mixed Groups Factorial ANOVA for Independent Groups Analysis of Covariance Pearson's r Correlation Pearson's r Correlation and Simple Regression One-Way 5^2 Two-Way ^2 15. Did I Do That? Taking Advice From the Experts Questions About Research Design Questions About Analyzing Your Data Questions About Interpreting Your Data and Presenting Your Results SummarySECTION I. OVERVIEW OF BASIC DESIGN DECISIONS 1. Marriage—'til Death Do Us Part—Stats and Methods—^Why They Belong Together We Want to Help Basic Steps of Research Summary 2. The Two Faces of Correlation Correlation as a Research Design Correlation as a Statistic Summary 3. Why Your Type of Data Really Does Matter: Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, or Ratio Nominal Data Ordinal Data Interval Data Ratio Data Summary 4. To KISS (Keep It Simple Student) or to Complicate Matters How Many Variables Should I Include? How Many Participants Should I Include? How Many Independent Variables (IVs) Should I Include? Including More Than One Independent Variable (IVO Choosing the Number of Levels of Each Variable Choosing Your Dependent Variables (DVs) Avoiding the Un-Measurable Dependent Variables (DVs) How Many Dependent Variables (DVs) to Include Summary SECTION II. YOUR BASIC SPSS TOOLBOX 5. Why SPSS and Not Other Software, Your Calculator, Fingers, or Toes Why We Chose SPSS The Structure of SPSS Summary 6. SPSS Data Hygiene: Columns, and Labels, and Values ... Oh My! When to Create Your Data File: Yes, Even Before Data Collection Setting Up Your Data File Naming and Labeling Your Variables How to Keep Track and Remember the Details of Your Data File Creating New Variables in Your Data File: Transformations Conducting Analyses With Only Part of Your Collected Data: Split File and Select Cases Summary 7. Tell Me About It: Descriptive Statistics Describing Nominal Data Using SPSS Describing Ordinal Data Using SPSS Describing Interval or Ratio Data Using SPSS Describing Data With Two Samples Using SPSS Summary SECTION III, DESIGNS, STATISTICS, INTERPRETATION, AND WHRITE-UP IN APA STYLE 8. Celebrate Your Independence! Between-Groups Designs One rv, Two Levels Between Groups With Two Levels of an IV Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Independent-Samples t-Test With a Pseudo-IV Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Between Groups With More Than Two Levels of an IV Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Summary 9. Everybody Plays! Repeated-Measures Designs One Independent Variable (IV) With Two Levels Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Expanding the Number of Levels for Your Independent Variable (IV) Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Adding Another Factor: Within-Subjects Factorial Designs Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Summary 10. Complicating Matters: Advanced Research Designs Mixed Designs: One Between Variable and One Repeated-Measures Variable Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section A Multivariate Design: Measuring It All Including More Than One Dependent Variable in Your Design Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section ANCOVA Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Summary 11. How Do I Know If That Relationship Is Real? Correlations Correlational Design: Two Variables Interpreting Pearson's r Analyzing Your Data Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Prediction With Two Variables: Simple Linear Regression Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Prediction With Several Variables: Multiple Linear Regression Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Summary 12. Statistics Charades: Two Variables, Two Categories ... Is It a Chi Square? I Only Have One Question Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section One-Way Chi Square With More Than Two Levels Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Now I Only Have Two Questions Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Using SPSS Writing an APA-Style Results Section Summary SECTION rv. A SUMMARY 13. Mapping Your Decisions: You Can Get There From Here Making Basic Decisions About Your Design Data With Distinct Groups Keeping It Simple With One Variable Designs With More Than One Variable Interval or Ratio Data With Many Levels Keeping It Simple With Two Variables Including More Than Two Variables Summary 14. APA Results Sections t-Test for Independent Samples (true IV) t-Test for Independent Samples (pseudo-IV) One-Way, ANOVA for Independent Groups (true IV) r-Test for Correlated Samples One-Way, ANOVA for Correlated Groups (repeated measures) Factorial ANOVA for Correlated Groups (repeated measures) Factorial ANOVA for Mixed Groups Factorial ANOVA for Independent Groups Analysis of Covariance Pearson's r Correlation Pearson's r Correlation and Simple Regression One-Way 5^2 Two-Way ^2 15. Did I Do That? Taking Advice From the Experts Questions About Research Design Questions About Analyzing Your Data Questions About Interpreting Your Data and Presenting Your Results Summary
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