Book description
Quantitative and Statistical Research Methods
This user-friendly textbook teaches students to understand and apply
procedural steps in completing quantitative studies. It explains
statistics while progressing through the steps of the
hypothesis-testing process from hypothesis to results. The research
problems used in the book reflect statistical applications related to
interesting and important topics. In addition, the book provides a
Research Analysis and Interpretation Guide to help students analyze
research articles.
Designed as a hands-on resource, each chapter covers a single
research problem and offers directions for implementing the research
method from start to finish. Readers will learn how to:
- Pinpoint research questions and hypotheses
- Identify,
classify, and operationally define the study variables
- Choose appropriate research designs
- Conduct power
analysis
- Select an appropriate statistic for the
problem
- Use a data set
- Conduct data screening and
analyses using SPSS
- Interpret the statistics
- Write the results related to the problem
Quantitative and Statistical Research Methods allows students to
immediately, independently, and successfully apply quantitative
methods to their own research projects.
William E. Martin, EdD, is a professor and past chair of educational
psychology in the College of Education, Northern Arizona University.
He also served as senior scholar in the university's Faculty Research
Center. His research areas are psychometric assessment, counselor
development, psychosocial adjustment, and person-environment-based
prevention and intervention methods.
Krista D. Bridgmon, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology at
Colorado State University-Pueblo. Her research areas are doctoral
student attrition, stress and coping, school counseling, and sport
psychology.
