Table of Contents
Part I: Basic Concepts in Research and Data Analysis
Chapter 1 What This Book Will Do 1
Chapter 2 Basic Concepts in Research and Statistics 7
Chapter 3 The Big-Three Results from Statistical Analyses 33
Chapter 4 Assumptions Underlying Statistical Analyses 71
Part II: Basics of APA Style
Chapter 5 APA Style: Basic Guidelines for the Full Manuscript 85
Chapter 6 APA Style for Presenting Results in Text 121
Chapter 7 APA Style for Presenting Results in Tables 151
Chapter 8 APA Style for Presenting Results in Figures 165
Chapter 9 APA Style for the Reference List 203
Chapter 10 APA Style for In-Text Citations 239
Part III: Sample Paper, Poster, and Slide Presentation
Chapter 11 Example of a Complete APA-Style Paper 259
Chapter 12 Creating Research Poster Presentations 305
Chapter 13 Creating PowerPoint Slide Presentations 335
Part IV: Sample Write-Ups of Statistical Procedures
Chapter 14 Frequencies, Percentiles, and Boxplots 385
Chapter 15 Descriptive Statistics 401
Chapter 16 t Test for a Single Sample 425
Chapter 17 t Test for Independent Samples 433
Chapter 18 t Test for Paired Samples 443
Chapter 19 ANOVA with One Between-Subjects Factor 453
Chapter 20 ANOVA with Two Between-Subjects Factors 467
Chapter 21 ANOVA with One Within-Subjects Factor 491
Chapter 22 Bivariate Correlation and Regression 503
Chapter 23 Chi-Square Test for Independence 531
References 547
Index 557