Research Methods and Statistics: A Critical Thinking Approach (Available Titles CengageNOW) - Hardcover

Jackson, Sherri L.

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9780534556600: Research Methods and Statistics: A Critical Thinking Approach (Available Titles CengageNOW)

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ISBN 10: 0534556604 ISBN 13: 9780534556600

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2005

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Jackson's text successfully illustrates the integration between statistics and research methods by demonstrating the ways to use statistics in analyzing data collected during research. Jackson's combined text adopts an inviting narrative style that speaks directly to students and draws them into the material, overcoming the initial apprehension students may feel at having to learn both subject areas at once. She incorporates a student-friendly critical thinking approach and presents examples and exercises to which students can relate. Jackson clearly focuses on the logic of the process and the methodology aspect of research.

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About the Author:

Sherri L. Jackson is professor of psychology at Jacksonville University (JU), where she has taught since 1988 and currently serves as Chair of the Division of Social Sciences. At JU, she has won Excellence in Scholarship (2003), University Service (2004), and Teaching (2009) awards; the university-wide Professor of the Year Award in 2004; the Woman of the Year Award in 2005; and the Institutional Excellence Award in 2007. She received her M.S. and Ph.D. in cognitive/experimental psychology from the University of Florida. Her research interests include human reasoning and the teaching of psychology, and she has published numerous articles in both areas. She is also the author of RESEARCH METHODS & STATISTICS: A CRITICAL THINKING APPROACH, 5th Edition (Wadsworth/Cengage, 2016), RESEARCH METHODS: A MODULAR APPROACH, 3rd Edition (Wadsworth/Cengage, 2015) and A CONCISE GUIDE TO STATISTICAL ANALYSES USING EXCEL, SPSS, AND THE TI-84 CALCULATOR (Cengage, 2013).

Review:

"The major strength of the text is the ease of comprehension of the text which is important for our general track students taking the one semester statistics and research course. In general, each of the chapters is broken into subsections which may reduce the anxiety factor that many of our general track students experience."

"The writing style is very good and the connections between chapters is well done. The introductory remarks before each chapter do a fine job of tying information from previous chapters to the current chapter."

"The author has done an excellent job of presenting rather difficult material at a level undergraduate psychology students can understand. Many of the competing texts of this type give short shift to difficult statistical issues, it is refreshing to see coverage of statistics done so well."

"I would definitely conclude from what I have read to this point that the critical thinking approach the author has chosen to use is a smash success."

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