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