Errors in evidence-based decision making : improving and applying research literacy / Robert W. Janke and Bruce S. Cooper.
Material type: TextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 187 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781475810820
- 1475810822
- 001.4/2 23
- Q180.55.M4
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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?.
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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.
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