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SAGE 800.818.7243 OR 805.499.9774 6 A.M. TO 5 P.M. PT FAX: 805.375.5291 52 TEXTBOOKS An eASyguIde to reSeArch PreSentAtIonS Janie H. Wilson, Georgia Southern University • Beth M. Schwartz, Randolph College An Easyguide to research presentations is an invaluable tool for helping readers learn the ropes of presenting original research and experience the thrill of becoming part of a strong scientifi c community. With coverage from poster presentations and symposia to oral and video presentations, this handbook offers a concise, easy-to-read guide on professionally presenting research in virtually all formats. Drawing from their own experiences as researchers, authors Janie H. Wilson and Beth M. Schwartz use a conversational style to address such topics as how to connect with an audience, presentation pitfalls, publishing and sharing results, and more. CONTENTS SECTION I: OVERVIEW / 1. Sharing the Wealth: Orientation to the Guide / 2. Do Not Let Fear Stop You: Overcoming Anxiety / 3. How Do I Get Started? / SECTION II: POSTER PRESENTATIONS / 4. Posters Are Not Just for Dorm-Room Walls / 5. Adding the Bling: Making Posters Pop / SECTION III: ORAL PRESENTATIONS / 6. Oral Presentations with PowerPoint / 7. Prezi Presentations: An Alternative to PowerPoint / 8. Keynote Presentations: Slides for Mac / 9. Effective Oral Presentations: Preparing for Your Performance / SECTION IV: BEYOND CONTENT: PUTTING YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD / 10. The Day Before Your Presentation / 11. The Day of Your Presentation / 12. The Day After Your Presentation / 13. Video Yourself: Asynchronous Presentations / SECTION V: PUBLISHING YOUR WORK / 14. Publishing: The Ultimate Presentation / APPENDICES / A. Checklists for Papers and Oral Presentations / B. Assessment of Posters and Oral Presentations: Rubrics SPIrAl ISbn: 978-1-4522-9267-0 • februAry 2014 • 208 PAgeS An eASyguIde to reSeArch deSIgn & SPSS Beth M. Schwartz, Randolph College • Janie H. Wilson, Georgia Southern University • Dennis M. Goff, Randolph College An Easyguide to Experimental Design and SpSS is a handbook that provides clear and concise guidance for research methods students faced with the many decisions involved in developing the most appropriate strategy to test a hypothesis. By presenting an integrated approach to the choice of design and statistical analysis, this handbook helps students to connect the choice of experimental design with the choice of an appropriate statistical test for data analyses. The EasyGuide also presents the exact steps to analyze data in SPSS, including ample screenshots. The authors provide a how-to for interpreting the output from SPSS analyses, and they help students format the relevant SPSS output into an APA-style results section. SPIrAl ISbn: 978-1-4522-8882-6 • mArch 2014 • 296 PAgeS the ProceSS of reSearch in PSychology Second edition Dawn M. McBride, Illinois State University Utilizing numerous examples from published research and the pedagogical approach of spaced repetition, this introductory text provides a step-by-step explanation of how to design, conduct, and present a research study in psychology. Early chapters introduce important concepts for developing research ideas, subject sampling, ethics, and data collection to help students understand the process of research. Subsequent "Nuts and Bolts" chapters provide more detailed coverage of these topics and examine the various types of research relevant to the fi eld of psychology. This approach creates a logical scaffolding upon which students can build their knowledge and allows for an easy-to- read, concise format that provides students with the appropriate information required to do research in psychology! CONTENTS PART I: OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH / 1. Psychological Research: The Whys and Hows of the Scientifi c Method / 2. Hypothesis Development: Where Research Questions Come From / 3. How Psychologists Use the Scientifi c Method: Data Collection Techniques and Research Designs / 4. Measurement Issues in Research / 5. Ethical Guidelines for Psychological Research / 6. Sampling / 7. Summarizing and Interpreting Data: Using Statistics / 8. Reporting Research / PART II: THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF RESEARCH METHODS AND ANALYSIS / 9. The Nuts and Bolts of Survey Research / 10. The Nuts and Bolts of Correlational Studies / 11. The Nuts and Bolts of Experiments / 12. The Nuts and Bolts of Quasi-Experiments / 13. The Nuts and Bolts of Other Specialized Designs / 14. The Nuts and Bolts of Using Statistics PAPerbAck ISbn: 978-1-4129-9955-7 • ©2013 • 384 PAgeS • • lAb mAnuAl for PSychologIcAl reSeArch third edition Dawn M. McBride, Illinois State University • J. Cooper Cutting, Illinois State University This text is designed to present students with multiple opportunities to test their knowledge of the concepts they've learned in a research methods course. The manual contains exercises that connect to specifi c concepts in the course, exercises geared toward the development of a research project, APA style exercises that become progressively more complex, and instruction on how to avoid plagiarism. This lab manual offers instructors many exercises on various aspects of a methods course to assign to students. Assignments that instructors choose not to include as required can be used as study aids for students. PAPerbAck ISbn: 978-1-4129-9932-8 • ©2013 • 136 PAgeS • NEW! NEW!