There's not a third edition... that was my wishful thinking... just in 2nd 
edition and never to change from what I hear.


On Oct 12, 2010, at 2:17 PM, Marc Carter wrote:

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> 
>  
> I didn't even know there was a 3rd edition of Heiman -- I've been using the 
> Second for about 10 years.  I suppose I should check!
>  
> I hope that it doesn't go out of print -- I think it's clear and covers 
> almost everything I want (I have 6 contact hours a week for a year, so I can 
> do a lot with them).  My only complaint is that it is from the last 
> generation of stats books, and still has computational formulae in it.  I 
> wish it didn't -- spreadsheets are more common than calculators, and the 
> definitional formulae are easy enough to do with a spreadsheet -- and those 
> make sense.
>  
> I'll take a look at the Davis and Smith text as well as the other two. 
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> From: Paul C Bernhardt [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 12:52 PM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
> Subject: Re: [tips] Jackson or Furlong, Lovelace, & Lovelace
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> 
> I think the Heiman combined Methods/Stats book (the white one in its 3rd 
> edition) is going out of print. So, it is probably not a good choice, even 
> though we used it with success for many years.
> 
> Davis and Smith, An introduction to Research Methods and Statistics may be 
> one to look at, also.
> 
> If you are doing a single semester course, IMO, none of these books can get 
> you there. The information density is too high. If you are doing a 2 semester 
> sequence, and are willing to require the same book for both courses, and 
> providing that your course descriptions don't get in the way of what you can 
> present splitting the contents of the books, I think any of them would be 
> effective.
> 
> 
> Paul C Bernhardt
> Frostburg State University
> Frostburg, MD, USA
> pcbernhardt[at]frostburg[d0t]edu
> 
> On Oct 12, 2010, at 11:27 AM, Marte Fallshore wrote:
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>>  
>> 
>> I am looking for feedback on a couple of combine research methods and 
>> statistics textbooks. Has anybody used either of the following textbooks? 
>> What did you think of them? If you used them, would you use them again? Why? 
>> If you won't use them again, why? Did you use some other combined textbook 
>> that you were really happy with (besides Heiman who is awesome but beyond my 
>> students)?
>>  
>> Jackson, SL (2009). Research methods and statistics: A critical thinking 
>> approach (3rd ed.). Wadsworth.
>>  
>> Furlong, N., Lovelace, E., & Lovelace, K. (2000). Research methods and 
>> statistics: An integrated approach. Wadsworth.
>>  
>> As usual, if there is interest I am happy to summarize my findings. Thanks 
>> for your help,
>>  
>> Marte
>>  
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