From Numbers to Words: Reporting Statistical Results for the Social Sciences

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 Size (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 --
Interitem 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.