Main Menu for Chapter 5 of Research Design Explained (5th Ed.)

• Overview
  
  • Chapter outline
    
  • Powerpoint lecture/Chapter outline
    
  • Professor-oriented chapter summary
    
  • Chapter 5 key terms
    
  • Chapter 5 key issues
    
• Lectures
  
  • Lecture 5.1
    
  • Lecture 5.2
    
  • Powerpoint lecture/Chapter outline
  • Bonus powerpoint lecture (password is the first nonhyphenated word on page 3 of the Instructor's Manual)

• Chapter 5 section of the student website

• Handouts
  
  • Handout 5.1: Tradeoffs Among Measures
    
  • Handout 5.2: Scales of Measurement
    
  • Ken Salzwedel's Handout on Scales of Measurement
    
  • Rulers depicting different scales of measurement
    
  • Detailed Learning Objectives for Chapter 5
    
  • Crossword puzzle
    • Completed crossword puzzle (password is the first nonhyphenated word on page 3 of the Instructor's Manual)
      

• Activities/Discussion Topics
  • Scales of measurement
    
  • Discuss tradeoffs involved in choosing among measures
    
  • Assign Brackett and Mayer's (2003) article comparing different ways of measuring emotional intelligence. The following link takes you to a handout that will help students understand that article.
  • Have students report on articles and critique the author's choice of measure