I agree with Peter's sentiment re: Abelson's book, but feel that the first year students won't quite be ready for it. I use it primarily with third year students.
However, if you cannot have them back for a second or third year best to at least get it into their hands. Michael **************************************************** Michael Granaas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assoc. Prof. Phone: 605 677 5295 Dept. of Psychology FAX: 605 677 3195 University of South Dakota 414 E. Clark St. Vermillion, SD 57069 ***************************************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Flom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 12:58 pm Subject: Re: [edstat] Text for Social Research Methods I > Statistics as principled argument, by Abelson. > > This is not so much a book of how to do statistics (that would be > for a > stats class) but a book about how to think about statistics, what they > mean, and so on. > > It's a book I think every social scientist should read, and if you get > some people to read it for your class, so much the better > > Peter > > Peter L. Flom, PhD > Assistant Director, Statistics and Data Analysis Core > Center for Drug Use and HIV Research > National Development and Research Institutes > 71 W. 23rd St > www.peterflom.com > New York, NY 10010 > (212) 845-4485 (voice) > (917) 438-0894 (fax) > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/24/2004 1:07:47 PM >>> > Shadish, W.R., Cook, T.D., & Campbell, D.T. (2002). Experimental > and > Quasi-Experimental Designs for Generalized Causal Inference. > Boston: > Houghton-Mifflin. > > this is the latest version of the classic Cook and Campbell and > Stanley > (previous varied author order). Quasi-experimental designs are > those > that need to rule out plausible rival hypotheses by methods other than > > random assignment. Quasi-experimental designs include using > existing > groups as comparison groups (vs control groups), etc. including > surveys. > > Art > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Social Research Consultants > University Park, MD USA > (301) 864-5570 > > > . > . > ================================================================= > Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the > problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: > . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . > ================================================================= > . > . > ================================================================= > Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the > problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: > . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . > ================================================================= > . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
