Research for Rookies

"Research for Rookies" is an eBook that takes the complexity out of research and infuses it with a delightful dose of simplicity, humor, and captivating graphics.

Here is an exhaustive list of the contents of this book.

Chapter 1

• How to Pick a Research Topic
• How to Find Research Papers
• Reading a Research Paper
• Summarizing a Research Paper
• How to Write a Research Proposal

Chapter 2

• Ontology, Epistemology and Methodology
• Why Do We Disprove the Hypothesis?
• The Logic of Hypothesis Testing
• Type 1 Errors and Pregnancy Testing

Chapter 3

• Understanding z-scores
• Understanding the Chi-Square Test
• Understanding 'r' and correlation
• Correlation and Causation
• Degrees of Freedom and Hats
• Standard Error of Means
• p-value, Penguins and Pebbles
• Differentiating Reliability and Validity
• What Kind of Sampling Did You Use?

Chapter 4

• What is HARKing?
• What is p-hacking?

Chapter 5

• When Bad Sampling Takes Lives
• How a Dead Salmon Changed Neuroscience

Appendix

• Correlation Type Grid
• Decision Tree for Data Analysis