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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| What This Book Is...and Is Not | |
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| Overview of the Book | |
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| What You Should Do if a Statistic of Interest Is Not Included | |
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| Writing for Publication | |
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| Frequently Asked Questions About Reporting Statistics | |
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| What Is a Research Report? | |
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| What Is a Results Section? | |
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| What Should I Include in a Results Section? | |
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| What Are Developing Trends in Reporting Results? | |
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| What Is a Manipulation Check and How Should I Report It? | |
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| How Should I Report the Results of the Test of My Hypotheses? | |
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| What Exactly Should I Report in My Results Section? | |
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| What Format Should I Use to Report Significance Levels(p value)? | |
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| What if My Test Is Not Significant? | |
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| Are or Were My Results Significant? | |
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| What Is an Effect Size Indicator? | |
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| Do I Have to Report the Effect Size? | |
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| How Do I Report Effect Size? | |
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| How Do I use Greek Symbols? | |
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| Should Tables Be Used? | |
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| If I Use Tables, Where Do I Put Them? | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Descriptive Information | |
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| Frequencies and Percentages | |
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| Mean and Standard Deviation | |
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| Reliabilities | |
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| Interitem: Cronbach's Alpha | |
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| Interrater | |
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| Correlation | |
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| Correlation | |
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| Nonparametric Statistics | |
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| Chi-Square Tests | |
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| Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test/ Mann-Whitney U Test | |
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| Kruskal-Wallis Test | |
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| McNemar's Repeated Measures Test | |
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| Cochran's Q. Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test | |
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| Friedman Analysis of Variance by Ranks | |
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| Parametric Statistics. z Test. t Test | |
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| Analysis of Variance (Anova). Ancova | |
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| Multivariate Analysis of Variance (Manova). Mancova | |
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| Regression and Multiple Regression | |
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| Presenting Results Visually | |
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| Using Tables | |
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| Constructing Tables | |
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| Using Charts, Graphs, and Figures | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Summary Charts of Statistical Tests, What to Report, Abbreviations, and Suggested Syntax | |