Errors in evidence-based decision making : improving and applying research literacy /
Janke, Robert W.
Errors in evidence-based decision making : improving and applying research literacy / Robert W. Janke and Bruce S. Cooper. - 1 online resource (xvi, 187 pages)
Includes index.
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?.
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."
English.
9781475810820 ebook 1475810822 cloth : alk. paper cloth : alk. paper pbk. : alk. paper pbk. : alk. paper electronic
2021677304
Research--Methodology--Textbooks.
Decision making--Textbooks.
Science--Methodology--Textbooks.
Errors, Scientific--Textbooks.
REFERENCE--Questions & Answers.
Decision making.
Errors, Scientific.
Research--Methodology.
Science--Methodology.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Textbooks.
Q180.55.M4
001.4/2
Errors in evidence-based decision making : improving and applying research literacy / Robert W. Janke and Bruce S. Cooper. - 1 online resource (xvi, 187 pages)
Includes index.
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?.
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."
English.
9781475810820 ebook 1475810822 cloth : alk. paper cloth : alk. paper pbk. : alk. paper pbk. : alk. paper electronic
2021677304
Research--Methodology--Textbooks.
Decision making--Textbooks.
Science--Methodology--Textbooks.
Errors, Scientific--Textbooks.
REFERENCE--Questions & Answers.
Decision making.
Errors, Scientific.
Research--Methodology.
Science--Methodology.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Textbooks.
Q180.55.M4
001.4/2