Research Methods and Statistics: An Integrated Workbook

CHAPTER 1: CRITICAL THINKING

Dad, Are We There Yet? How Bumper Stickers Saved a Psychologist's Sanity and the Family Trip to the Grand Canyon

Am I Making a Positive Contribution to the Recoveries and Lives of My Clients? A Clinician's Crisis

Is It True When They Say That The Gas Is Always Cheaper On the Other Side of the Border?

Myth or Monster? Does Evil Lurk in the Heart of a City Sewer System?

CHAPTER 2: FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS

So, What Brings You Here Today? An Analysis of the "Presenting Problems" Of Clients at a Community Mental Health Center

Death on Interstate 99: Is Excessive Speed Causing the Deaths of College Age Drivers?

It Looks Good on Paper, But Is It Fair? An Evaluation of a Proposed Performance Evaluation System in a Paper Products Manufacturing Company

Let's Get Ready to Rumble: A Study of Gender Differences in Aggression in Preschool-Age Children

Are All Sections Created Equal? A Department Chair's Analysis of Student Grades in Undergraduate Statistics Classes

CHAPTER 3: CENTRAL TENDENCY

My Husband Is Annoying and I Can Prove It! A Clinical Psychologist Attempts To Use Statistics to Prevent a Divorce

Quantifying the Severity of an Eating Disorder: The Use of Client Self-Reports to Assess the Intensity of Binging and Purging Behavior

America's Expanding Waistline: A Study of Obesity in the United States

400 Yards or Fantasy? Can "The Annihilator" Driver Guarantee Golfers An Average Drive of 400 Yards Off the Tee?

CHAPTER 4: VARIABILITY

Technology as a Therapy Tool: A Study of the Effectiveness of a Video Game-Based Therapy for the Treatment of Phobias

Can We Increase the Quality of Patient Care By Reducing the Size of Our Employees? A Study of a Weight Loss Program for Hospital Employees

Honey, Do You Still Love Me? A Study of Love and Romance After Marriage

From Greatness to the Gutter: A Bowler's Quest to Rediscover the Strike Zone

CHAPTER 5: PROBABILITY

I'm Going to Be a Dad (Probably)! A Psychologist's 9 Month Experience With Probability

Probability and Profiling: A Psychologist Attempts to Help Police Catch a Murderer

The Luck of the Draw: A Psychologist¿s Attempt to End Her Husband's Poker Obsession (and Regain His Appreciation)

Help Me! I'm Choking! A Psychology Professor's Near-Death Experience Leads to a Discussion of the Probability of Accidental Death in the U.S.

CHAPTER 6: Z SCORES

Life in Prison or the Death by Lethal Injection? A Forensic Psychologist Uses Z Scores to Determine the Fate of a Serial Murderer

Developmental Delay or Inaccurate Diagnosis? The Parents of a 3 Year Old Struggle with the Results of Their Son's Developmental Screening

Our Child is Smarter Than Your Child: What Are a Mother and Father to Do When Their Child is Ona Lee Average?

Is There Fitness After 40? A Psychologist Considers Purchasing the "Evaporator" Exercise Machine To Restore His Fitness and Recapture His Youth

No Laughing Matter: A Comedy Club Owner Considers Switching From Family Entertainment to Filth To Increase His Profits

CHAPTER 7: T-TESTS

Is Reading A Stephen King Book More Terrifying Than Staring Death in the Face and Believing It's the Last Face You Will Ever See?

If I Close My Books, Will They Close Their Mouths? A Psychology Major Attempts to Train His Professors to End Their Classes Early

Are My Employees "Lighting Up" While Still on the Clock? A CEO Worries Her Company's Profits Are Going Up In Smoke