The second edition of An Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis Using Stata (R): From Research Design to Final Report provides an integrated approach to methods, statistics, data analysis, and interpretation of results. The book features examples from social science research and news articles along with concise descriptions of statistics.
Your Standards-Based Action Plan for Deepening Mathematics and Science Learning
In this Second Edition of Step Into STEAM, authors Sarah Bush and Kristin Cook guide and inspire PreK-5 educators through a seamless process of designing and implementing STEAM inquiries that align precisely to key mathematics and science content and practices-all while meeting the demands of guiding assessments.
Filled with research-backed guidance for tutors to ensure students develop the confidence and skills they need, The Math Tutors Handbook: Strategies and Tips for Success is the ultimate guide for effective math tutoring.
Creative Strategies and Research-Based Applications
Social Media for Strategic Communication: Creative Strategies and Research-Based Applications Second Edition teaches students the skills and principles needed to use social media in persuasive communication campaigns.
In this volume Atkinson shows the qualitativ e researcher how to prepare and conduct meaningful life stor y interviews and also places the life story interview in the wider research context. He deals with the issues of transci ption and interpretation. '
Using lots of easy to understand examples from different disciplines, Michael J Smithson introduces the basis of the confidence interval framework and provides the criteria for 'best' confidence intervals, along with the trade-offs between confidence and precision. Confidence Intervals covers such pertinent topics as: the transformation principle ......
Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences, Fourth Edition employs a problem-focused approach to present a clear and comprehensive introduction to research methods. Award-winning teacher and author Gregory J. Privitera fully integrates the research methods decision tree into the design process to help students choose the most appropriate method for the research question they are seeking to answer. This conversational text empowers students to view research methods as something they are capable of understanding and applying. Over the course of the book, students learn how to structure a study to answer a research question and navigate through the process of choosing an appropriate analysis or statistic to write a research report. New elements to the Fourth Edition include a new standalone chapter on qualitative research, assumptions testing throughout chapters on quantitative research, and updated examples and figures to communicate the latest updates in behavioral science research.
This book provides students with the step-by-step methods needed to plan and implement a cost-analysis study. Through the use of numerous examples drawn from the applied literature, the authors demonstrate the four major techniques of cost analysis: cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, cost-utility, and cost-feasibility.
Identifying and answering the essential questions on action research, this text focuses on approaching and improving practice from an inquiry-oriented perspective across applied disciplines.
