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Author Janke, Robert W.

Title Errors in Evidence-Based Decision Making : Improving and Applying Research Literacy.

Publication Info. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014.
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Description 1 online resource (205 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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Contents Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Identifying Errors; 2 Dispositions and Ethics; 3 Problem Development; 4 Variables; 5 Measurement Foundations; 6 Data Collection Instruments; 7 Sampling Methods; 8 External and Internal Validity Threats to Evidence; 9 Research Design; 10 Data Analysis; 11 Statistical Probability and Interpretation; 12 Personal Biases in Interpretation; 13 The Age of Misinformation; 14 Religion and Science; Epilogue; Index.
Summary This is a research methods textbook for students who fear research textbooks. The diversity of topics in this book permits application to research methods courses in these academic fields: Economics, Education, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. This should be the first book for all students to introduce research and develop "research literacy."
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Research -- Methodology -- Textbooks.
Research -- Methodology.
Genre/Form Textbooks.
Subject Science -- Methodology -- Textbooks.
Science -- Methodology.
Decision making -- Textbooks.
Decision making.
Errors, Scientific -- Textbooks.
Errors, Scientific.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Textbooks.
Added Author Cooper, Bruce S.
Other Form: Print version: Janke, Robert W. Errors in Evidence-Based Decision Making. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014 9781475810806
ISBN 9781475810820 (electronic book)
1475810822 (electronic book)
9781475810806

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