Statistical inference for educational researchers

the long version

This book is intended for use as a text in a one-semester course for students planning to involve themselves in educational research—either as active researchers or as individuals who will need to intelligently read and evaluate the research reports of others. In other words, the text is designed to be used by both the practitioners of the science and the consumers of the results of educational research. Recognizing that educators can function as both consumers and practitioners, it must also be pointed out that the great majority of educators trained at the advanced degree level are consumers of results of educational research.