Errors in Evidence-Based Decision Making
eBook - ePub

Errors in Evidence-Based Decision Making

Improving and Applying Research Literacy

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  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Errors in Evidence-Based Decision Making

Improving and Applying Research Literacy

About this book

Existing research methods textbooks emphasize the mechanics of HOW to conduct research studies. However, many students fail to see WHY it is important to learn about research because they will never conduct research studies. These students do not become engaged in learning and believe that research courses and textbooks are useless. They do not see the need of developing "research literacy" to understand the applications and limitations of research to their daily lives. This book engages students with a nonmathematical presentation that includes real examples of the consequences of research errors in daily life. The organization facilitates learning with objectives, concepts, description of errors, best practices, and examples.

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".

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. Identifying Errors
  6. Dispositions and Ethics
  7. Problem Development
  8. Variables
  9. Measurement Foundations
  10. Data Collection Instruments
  11. Sampling Methods
  12. External and Internal Validity Threats to Evidence
  13. Research Design
  14. Data Analysis
  15. Statistical Probability and Interpretation
  16. Personal Biases in Interpretation
  17. The Age of Misinformation
  18. Religion and Science
  19. Epilogue
  20. Index