TY  - BOOK
AU  - Janke,Robert W.
AU  - Cooper,Bruce S.
TI  - Errors in evidence-based decision making: improving and applying research literacy 
SN  - 9781475810820
AV  - Q180.55.M4 
U1  - 001.4/2 23
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Lanham
PB  - Rowman and Littlefield
KW  - Research
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Science
KW  - Errors, Scientific
KW  - REFERENCE
KW  - Questions & Answers
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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?
N2  - 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."
UR  - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=810268
ER  -