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The ability to read published research critically is essential and is differentfrom the skills involved in undertaking research using statistical analysis.This New Edition of Thomas R Blacks bestselling text explains in clear andstraightforward terms how students can evaluate research with particularemphasis on research involving some aspect of measurement. The coverage offundamental concepts is comprehensive and supports topics including researchdesign data collection and data analysis by addressing the following majorissues Are the questions and hypotheses advanced appropriate and testable? Isthe research design sufficient for the hypothesis? Is the data gathered validreliable and objective? Are the statistical techniques used to analyze the dataappropriate and do they support the conclusions reached?Each of the chapters from the New Edition has been thoroughly updated withparticular emphasis on improving and increasing the range of activities forstudents. As well coverage has been broadened to include a wider range ofresearch designs a section on research ethics item analysis the definitionof standard deviation with a guide for calculation the concept of power instatistical inference calculating correlations and a description of thedifference between parametric and nonparametric tests in terms of researchquestions.Understanding Social Science Research An Introduction 2nd Edition will be keyreading for undergraduate and postgrduate students in research methodology andevaluation across the social sciences. «
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