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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Janke, Robert W.
Imprint:	Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (205 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Research -- Methodology -- Textbooks. Science -- Methodology -- Textbooks. Decision making -- Textbooks. Errors, Scientific -- Textbooks. REFERENCE -- Questions & Answers. Decision making. Errors, Scientific. Research -- Methodology. Science -- Methodology. Electronic books. Electronic books. Textbooks.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11404791

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Other authors / contributors:	Cooper, Bruce S.
ISBN:	9781475810820 1475810822 9781475810806
Notes:	Print version record.
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."
Other form:	Print version: Janke, Robert W. Errors in Evidence-Based Decision Making. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2014 9781475810806

Table of 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.

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