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?
Summary
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 students to introduce research and develop "research literacy."
Notes
Includes index
English
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