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Errors in Evidence-Based Decision Making
Improving and Applying Research Literacy
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2014
Summary
Existing research methods textbooks emphasize the mechanics of HOW to conduct research studies. However, many students fail to see WHY it is important to learn about research because they will never conduct research studies. These students do not become engaged in learning and believe that research courses and textbooks are useless. They do not see the need of developing “research literacy” to understand the applications and limitations of research to their daily lives. This book engages students with a nonmathematical presentation that includes real examples of the consequences of research errors in daily life. The organization facilitates learning with objectives, concepts, description of errors, best practices, and examples.
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”.
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Copyright year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-1-4758-1080-6
ISBN-Online
978-1-4758-1082-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
187
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
1 Identifying Errors No access Pages 1 - 12
2 Dispositions and Ethics No access Pages 13 - 26
3 Problem Development No access Pages 27 - 42
4 Variables No access Pages 43 - 56
5 Measurement Foundations No access Pages 57 - 68
6 Data Collection Instruments No access Pages 69 - 94
7 Sampling Methods No access Pages 95 - 104
8 External and Internal Validity Threats to Evidence No access Pages 105 - 114
9 Research Design No access Pages 115 - 126
10 Data Analysis No access Pages 127 - 140
11 Statistical Probability and Interpretation No access Pages 141 - 150
12 Personal Biases in Interpretation No access Pages 151 - 158
13 The Age of Misinformation No access Pages 159 - 166
