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ca n

be

that much surer that

you are on the right

path.

This

virtue

is an

important

thing to look for as you read and evalúate quantitative articles

PracHce

Makes Perfect

It is now time to pra ctice som e of the insights and skills you have

explored

in this

chapter:

• Scientific

method.

Can you outl ine the basic steps of the scienti f ic method? Can

you design an outl ine of a study that m ight fo llow the scienti f ic method?

•

Scientific

procederes.

Beyond

the

scienti f ic method

¡tself

there

are

f ive proce-

dures that cha racterize scienti f ic research. Can you identi fy

them?

Can you

apply

them to the study you outl ined above?

•

Variables.

What

¡s a

variable? What

¡s the

d if ference between

a

dependent

and an

¡ndependent variable?

Can you

give examples

of

each?

•

Descriptiva designs. Which training art ic le uses

a

descriptive design?

Discuss

the key points of this design briefly using the training a rticle as your example.

•

Relat ion f inding designs. Which training article

uses a

relation-fmding design?

Discuss

the key points of

this

design

briefly

using the training art ic le as your

example.

•

Hypothesis testing

desígns.

Which

training article uses a hypothesis-test ing

design?

Discuss

the key points of this design briefly using the training article

as

your example.

•

Model building

designs.

Which

training art ic le

uses

a

model-building

design?

Discuss

the key points of

this

design briefly using the training art ic le as your

example.

•

Objectiv i ty .

What is objectivity? W hy is ¡t so ¡mportant in quantitative research?

Chapter

asic

Statistical

iteracy

There Is a Stat is t ical Worldview

Statistics

Uses

Probability to Balance

Order

and

Freedom

Statistics

Starts by

Looking

a t Data and

Dis tributions

There

Are a

Number

of

Different Types

of

Dis tributions That

Can

Show

Up ¡n Resea rch

Distributions Have Important Propert ies

Distributions Can Be

Used

to Describe Either Popu ations or Samples

Normally Dis tributed Samples

Can Be

Measured

or

Compared

to Each Other

Every Stat is t ical Test Is Designed to Tell You

Something

Statistics Can Also Be

Used

to Model the World

There

Are a

Variety

of

Places

to

Turn

to

Build Upon Your Basic

Understanding of Stat is t ics

Our Emerging Literacy

Orientation

Practice

Makes

Perfect

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