This study guide to accompany Renee Ha and James Ha's Integrative Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences offers additional review and practice to helpstudents succeed intheir statistics class. Each chapter corresponds to the appropriate chapter in Integrative Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences and contains the following: · Notes to the student+ Multiple choice and short-answer questions+ ExercisesAnswers to all questions are also included.Studentswill also find useful study resources on the open-access Student Study Site at http:/www.sagepub.com/ha, including flashcards and the datasets referenced in the book.This study guideisalso available in a bundle with Integrative Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciencesfor just $5.00 more than the price of the stand-alone text. Bundle ISBN: 9781452205304.

This study guide to accompany Renee Ha and James Ha′s Integrative Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences offers additional review and practice to help students succeed in their statistics class. Each chapter corresponds to the appropriate chapter in Integrative Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences and contains the following: · Notes to the student · Multiple choice and short-answer questions · Exercises Answers to all questions are also included. Students will also find useful study resources on the open-access Student Study Site, including flashcards and the datasets referenced in the book. This study guide is also available in a bundle with Integrative Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences for just $5.00 more than the price of the stand-alone text. Bundle ISBN: 9781452205304.

This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.

Designed to engage students and lower their "fear factor", Integrative Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences is a concise, user-friendly text that prepares students to use statistics in the real world. Providing depth and breadth of statistical tests, the text focuses on choosing the appropriate statistical analysis, and shows how to interpret the output and present the results. Basic descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, and basic inferential statistics are covered along with more advanced topics such as correlation, regression, non-parametric statistics, multivariate statistics, and general linear modeling. The authors emphasize choosing the appropriate statistical test through conceptual material, assumptions, homework exercises, and a helpful "choose-the-appropriate-test" flowchart. They focus on the interpretation of results from both Excel and SPSS outputs, and also demonstrate how to do important calculations by hand to help students grasp the underlying concepts. The book includes end-of-chapter exercises that help students fully grasp the content of each chapter.

The authors draw upon scientific studies, theories, site visits, nd their own extensive experiences to describe approaches to social and emotional learning for all levels.

This is an advanced undergraduate - or postgraduate - level text designed for courses in research methods and intermediate quantitative methods offered in departments of psychology, education, sociology and communication. Equally emphasizing the collection and analysis of research data, students should be able to plan an original study, collect and analyze data and report the results of the study in a professional manner.

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