TY - BOOK AU - Morgan,Susan E. AU - Reichert,Tom AU - Harrison,Tyler R. TI - From numbers to words: reporting statistical results for the social sciences SN - 080133280X (alk. paper) AV - HA29 .M83 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - Boston PB - Allyn and Bacon KW - Social sciences KW - Statistical methods KW - Statistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-116) and indexes; 1; How to Use This Book --; 2; Frequently Asked Questions about Reporting Statistics; What Is a Research Report?; What Is a Results Section?; What Should I Include in a Results Section?; What Are Developing Trends in Reporting Results?; What Is a Manipulation Check and How Should I Report It?; How Should I Report the Results of the Tests of My Hypotheses?; What Exactly Should I Report in My Results Section?; What Format Should I Use to Report Significance Levels (p value)?; What if My Test Is Not Significant?; Are or Were My Results Significant?; What Is an Effect Sizer (ES) Indicator?; Do I Have to Report the Effect Size?; How Do I Report Effect Size?; How Do I Use Greek Symbols?; Should I Use Tables?; If I Use Tables, Where Do I Put Them? --; 3; Descriptive Information; Frequencies and Percentages; Mean and Standard Deviation --; 4; Reliabilities; Interiterm Reliability; Interrater Reliability --; 5; Correlation; Correlation --; 6; Nonparametric Statistics; Chi-Square Tests; Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test/Mann-Whitney U Test; Kruskal-Wallis Test; McNemar's Repeated Measures Chi-Square Test for Change; Cochran's Q; Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test; Friedman Analysis of Variance by Ranks Test --; 7; Parametric Statistics; z Test; t Test; Analysis of Variance (ANOVA); ANCOVA; Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA); MANCOVA; Regression and Multiple Regression; Logistic Regression --; 8; Presenting Results Visually; Using Tables; What Should Be Contained in a Table?; Constructing Tables; Using Charts, Graphs, and Figures --; 9; Conclusion ER -