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 - 9781138638082 U1 - 300.727 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Social Sciences - Statistical Methods N1 - 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 ER -