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by John W. Best and James V. Kahn
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TABLE 2.1 Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct: Research Populations
FIGURE 6.3 Interaction Effect from Morrison, Smith, and Dow-Ehrensberger, 1995
FIGURE 6.5 No Interaction Effect
TABLE 6.1 Summary Table from Campbell & Stanley (1966)
TABLE 6.2 Summary Table from Campbell & Stanley (1966)
FIGURE 7.3 Percentage of Attentive Behavior across Experimental Phases for Al and Ed
FIGURE 7.4 Example of A-B-A-B Design from Gardner, Heward, and Grossi, 1994
FIGURE 7.7 Example of Combined Multiple Baseline and A-B-A-B Designs from Miller and Kelley, 1994
TABLE 8.1 Themes of Qualitative Inquiry
TABLE 8.2 Variety in Qualitative Inquiry: Theoretical Traditions
TABLE 8.3 Fieldnotes Comparisons
TABLE 8.4 Variations in Interview Instrumentation
FIGURE 9.1 Sample Questionnaire Item
FIGURE 9.2 Teacher Morale Questionnaire - Opinionnaire
FIGURE 9.3 Questionnaire: Texas Teachers, Moonlighting, and Morale - 2004
Table 1. Survey of Texas Public School Teachers
FIGURE 9.5 A Likert-Type Opinionnaire
FIGURE 9.6 A Likert-Type Opinionnaire on Merit Rating
FIGURE 9.7 Semantic Profiles for Regular Class and Special Class Teachers
FIGURE 9.8 Sociogram Showing First and Second Choices in a Third Grade Class
TABLE 9.1 Academic Rank of Members of the Instructional Staff of Southland College
FIGURE 10.1 Median Calculation
FIGURE 10.4 Nonnormal Distributions
FIGURE 10.5 The Space Included under the Normal Curve between the Mean and ±1.00z
FIGURE 10.6 Illustration of Various Standard Score Scales
FIGURE 10.7 Scatter Diagrams Illustrating Different Coefficients of Correlation
FIGURE 10.8 A Positive Regression Line, r =.60
FIGURE 10.9 A Negative Regression Line, r = -.60
FIGURE 10.10 Two Regression Lines, r and b
FIGURE 10.11 Scatter Plots of Outliers
FIGURE 10.12 A Regression Line Used to Predict College Freshman GPA from High School GPA
FIGURE 10.13 A Predicted Y Score from a Given X Score, Showing the Standard Error of Estimate
TABLE 10.1 Levels of Quantitative Description
TABLE 10.2 Scores of 37 Students on a Semester Algebra Test
TABLE 10.3 Scores on Algebra Test Grouped in Intervals of Five
FIGURE 11.1 Normal Distribution of Individual Scores and of Sample Means when N = 36
FIGURE 11.2 The Relationship between Sample Size and the Magnitude of Sampling Error
FIGURE 11.3 A Two-Tailed Test at the .05 Level (2.5% at Each End)
FIGURE 11.4 A One-Tailed Test at the .05 Level (5% at One End or 5% at the Other End)
FIGURE 11.5 Distribution of Large and Small Sample Means
TABLE 11.1 Distribution of F (.05 level)
TABLE 11.2 Sample Data for Calculating Analysis of Variance
TABLE 11.3 Summary of Three Group Analysis of Variance
TABLE 11.4 Performance Scores of Students Taught by Method A or by Method B
TABLE 11.5 Summary of Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
FIGURE 12.2 Screenshot of SPSS for Windows Data Editor for Descriptive Statistics
FIGURE 12.3 Screenshot of SPSS for Windows Selection of Bivariate Correlation
FIGURE 12.4 Screenshot of SPSS for Windows Selection of Variables for Bivariate Correlation
FIGURE 12.7 Screenshot of SPSS for Windows Output of Correlation
FIGURE 12.8 (Part I) Screenshot of SPSS for Windows of Selection of Graph Type
FIGURE 12.8 (Part II) Screenshot of SPSS for Windows of Selection of Graph Type
FIGURE 12.9 Screenshot of SPSS for Windows of Selection of Variables for Graph
FIGURE 12.10 Screenshot of SPSS for Windows Graph Output
FIGURE 12.11 Screenshot of SPSS for Windows Selection of Variables for Multiple Regressions
FIGURE 12.13 Screenshot of SPSS for Windows Selection of Univariate ANOVA
FIGURE 12.14 Screenshot of SPSS for Windows Selection of Variables for ANOVA
FIGURE 12.15 Univariate Analysis of Variance
FIGURE 12.16 Screenshot of SPSS for Windows Correlational Analysis Output Using Appendix B Data
FIGURE 12.17 Screenshot of SPSS for Windows T-test Output Using Appendix B Data
FIGURE 12.18 Univariate Analysis of Variance and Partial Correlation
FIGURE 12.20 Tests of Between-Subjects Effects
TABLE 12.1 Variable List for Coded Data
Appendix B (Continued): Data--Raw
Appendix B (Continued): Data--SPSS
Appendix B (Continued): Data--SPSS
Appendix C: Percentage Between Mean and Standard Deviation (Z) Units under the Normal Curve--Figure
Appendix C: Percentage Between Mean and Standard Deviation (Z) Units under the Normal Curve--Table
Appendix D: Critical Values of Pearson's Product-Moment Correlation (r)
Appendix E: Critical Values of Student's Distribution (t)
Appendix F: Abridged Table of Critical Values for Chi Square
Appendix G: Critical Values of the F Distribution
Appendix G (Continued): Critical Values of the F Distribution
Appendix G (Continued): Critical Values of the F Distribution
Appendix G (Continued): Critical Values of the F Distribution
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