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Research and statistics made meaningful in counseling and student affairs / Rebecca M. LaFountain, Robert B. Bartos. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Pacific Grove, California : Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning, (c)2002.Description: xx, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780534581671
  • 0534581676
  • 0534581684
  • 9780534581688
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB1027.5.L346.R474 2002
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Contents:
The research process -- Research approaches and the literature review -- The research problem and the research question -- Hypothesis -- Validity in research -- Sampling and research design -- Descriptive statistics: Describing single distributions -- Descriptive statistics: Describing multiple distributions -- Reliability -- Inferential statistics -- Reporting results and statistical literacy.
Summary: The goal of this text is to help readers become statistically literate consumers of research and to provide readers with introductory skills in conducting statistical computation and research projects. This objective is accomplished by providing students with the basic concepts of research methodology and statistics in a student-friendly manner. The authors have attempted to present a balance of theory and practical application by guiding the reader through the development of a research proposal, and by including sample quantitative and qualitative research proposals. AMAZON
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The research process -- Research approaches and the literature review -- The research problem and the research question -- Hypothesis -- Validity in research -- Sampling and research design -- Descriptive statistics: Describing single distributions -- Descriptive statistics: Describing multiple distributions -- Reliability -- Inferential statistics -- Reporting results and statistical literacy.

The goal of this text is to help readers become statistically literate consumers of research and to provide readers with introductory skills in conducting statistical computation and research projects. This objective is accomplished by providing students with the basic concepts of research methodology and statistics in a student-friendly manner. The authors have attempted to present a balance of theory and practical application by guiding the reader through the development of a research proposal, and by including sample quantitative and qualitative research proposals. AMAZON

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