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Author Morgan, Susan E.

Title From numbers to words : reporting statistical results for the social sciences / Susan E. Morgan, Tom Reichert, Tyler R. Harrison
Published Boston, MA ; London : Allyn and Bacon, [2002]
©2002

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Description xiii, 125 pages ; 23 cm
Contents 1. How to Use This Book -- 2. Frequently Asked Questions about Reporting Statistics. What Is a Research Report? What Is a Results Section? What Should I Include in a Results Section? What Are Developing Trends in Reporting Results? What Is a Manipulation Check and How Should I Report It? How Should I Report the Results of the Tests of My Hypotheses? What Exactly Should I Report in My Results Section? What Format Should I Use to Report Significance Levels (p value)? What if My Test Is Not Significant? Are or Were My Results Significant? What Is an Effect Sizer (ES) Indicator? Do I Have to Report the Effect Size? How Do I Report Effect Size? How Do I Use Greek Symbols? Should I Use Tables? If I Use Tables, Where Do I Put Them? -- 3. Descriptive Information. Frequencies and Percentages. Mean and Standard Deviation -- 4. Reliabilities. Interiterm Reliability. Interrater Reliability -- 5. Correlation. Correlation -- 6. Nonparametric Statistics. Chi-Square Tests. Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test/Mann-Whitney U Test. Kruskal-Wallis Test. McNemar's Repeated Measures Chi-Square Test for Change. Cochran's Q. Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test. Friedman Analysis of Variance by Ranks Test -- 7. Parametric Statistics. z Test. t Test. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). ANCOVA. Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA). MANCOVA. Regression and Multiple Regression. Logistic Regression -- 8. Presenting Results Visually. Using Tables. What Should Be Contained in a Table? Constructing Tables. Using Charts, Graphs, and Figures -- 9. Conclusion.ñ
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-116) and indexes
Subject Social sciences -- Statistical methods.
Statistics.
Author Reichert, Tom.
Harrison, Tyler R.
LC no. 2001018839
ISBN 080133280X alkaline paper