Student Study Guide With IBM® SPSS® Workbook for Research Methods, Statistics, and Applications

by Kathrynn A. Adams, Eva Kung McGuire (aka: Lawrence)

Overview

The third edition of the Student Study Guide With IBM® SPSS® Workbook for Research Methods, Statistics, and Applications by Kathrynn A. Adams and Eva K. Mc Guire gives students even more opportunities to practice and apply their knowledge in statistics and research methods. Written by the authors of Research Methods, Statistics, and Applications, the third edition of the study guide follows the third edition of the textbook for straightforward assigning and practice. New features include practice quizzes to give students both recognition and recall activities for better retention.  Learning objectives and brief chapter summaries from the main text remind students of what they've learned and orient students toward the exercises. In-depth exercises encourage students to build on their knowledge, requiring students to think critically and actively engage with the material. These exercises have been condensed and focus on moving students through the learning objectives at a quick pace. At the end of most chapters, "Your Research" sections encourage students to apply concepts to their own projects.  Now placed at the end of book, the IBM^® SPSS^®  workbook provides instructions for performing statistical calculations. Included in this workbook are additional exercises to practice data analysis and interpretation using the software. Answers to quizzes are listed immediately after each quiz in the book while answers to exercises are listed on the instructor resources website. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781071817896
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/24/2022
Edition description:	Third Edition
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Kathrynn (Kathy) A. Adams earned her Ph D in general experimental psychology from the University of Alabama in 1977. She was a Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology at Guilford College when she retired in 2017 after 37 years of teaching. Her professional interests include gender issues, relationships, and teaching pedagogy. She worked with the Preparing Future Faculty Program for 20 years and helped establish the Early College at Guilford, a nationally ranked high school. In her spare time, she spends as much time as possible outdoors, practices yoga, and bakes chocolate desserts.

Eva K. Mc Guire earned her Ph D in clinical psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2002. She is a Charles A. Dana Professor of Psychology at Guilford College, where she has taught since 2003. Her research interests include environmental psychology and computer-mediated communication. Eva enjoys walking, yoga, and bike riding, and she loves to listen to live music.

Table of Contents

Preface
Publisher’s Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1 • Thinking Like a Researcher
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 1 Quiz
Chapter 1 Exercises
Your Research
CHAPTER 2 • Build a Solid Foundation for Your Study Based on Past Research
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 2 Quiz
Chapter 2 Exercises
Your Research
CHAPTER 3 • Measuring Your Variables
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 3 Quiz
Chapter 3 Exercises
Your Research
CHAPTER 4 • The Cornerstones of Good Research: Reliability and Validity
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 4 Quiz
Chapter 4 Exercises
Your Research
CHAPTER 5 • Basics of Research Design: Description and Sampling
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 5 Quiz
Chapter 5 Exercises
Your Research
CHAPTER 6 • Describing Your Sample
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 6 Quiz
Chapter 6 Exercises
Your Research
CHAPTER 7 • Beyond Descriptives: Making Inferences Based on Your Sample
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 7 Quiz
Chapter 7 Exercises
Your Research
CHAPTER 8 • Comparing Your Sample to a Known or Expected Score
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 8 Quiz
Chapter 8 Exercises
CHAPTER 9 • Examining Relationships Among Your Variables: Correlational Design
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 9 Quiz
Chapter 9 Exercises
Your Research
CHAPTER 10 • Examining Causality
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 10 Quiz
Chapter 10 Exercises
Your Research
CHAPTER 11 • Independent-Groups Designs
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 11 Quiz
Chapter 11 Exercises
Your Research
CHAPTER 12 • Dependent-Groups Designs
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 12 Quiz
Chapter 12 Exercises
Your Research
CHAPTER 13 • Factorial Designs
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 13 Quiz
Chapter 13 Exercises
Your Research
CHAPTER 14 • Nonparametric Statistics
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 14 Quiz
Chapter 14 Exercises
Your Research
CHAPTER 15 • Focusing on the Individual: Case Studies and Single N Designs
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 15 Quiz
Chapter 15 Exercises
Your Research
CHAPTER 16 • How to Decide? Choosing a Research Design and Selecting the Correct Analysis
Learning Objectives
Chapter Summary
Chapter 16 Quiz
Chapter 16 Exercises
Your Research
IBM® SPSS® Workbook Part 1: Fundamentals of Data Analysis
Before You Begin
Data Entry
Create Scale Scores
Managing Data
Part 1 Practice Exercises
IBM® SPSS® Workbook Part 2: Analyses to Examine One Variable at a Time
Descriptive Statistics
Confidence Intervals
One-Sample t Test
Chi-Square Goodness of Fit
IBM® SPSS® Workbook Part 3: Analyses to Examine Relationships (No Groups)
Pearson’s r and Spearman’s Rho
Linear Regression
Part 3 Practice Exercises
IBM® SPSS® Workbook Part 4: Analyses to Compare Independent Groups
Independent-Samples t Test
One-Way Between-Subjects ANOVA
Two-Way Between-Subjects ANOVA (or Three-way, etc.)
Nonparametric Statistics
IBM® SPSS® Workbook Part 5: Analyses for Dependent Groups and Mixed Designs
Dependent-Samples t Test
One-Way Within-Subjects ANOVA
Two-Way Within-Subjects ANOVA and Mixed ANOVA
Nonparametric Statistics