Statistics for Psychology

Psychology Research Methods

Tom Green, Ph.D., has spent more than 30 years providing research methodological and data analysis support in academic settings using SPSS. Tom typically works on numerous scholarly projects each year. Tom assists students who are obtaining advanced degrees in psychology, counseling, education, public health, leadership, business, marketing, sociology, management, and nursing. He also worked for many years in marketing research and data processing positions in the health care industry. A popular instructor, Dr. Green teaches graduate-level research methods and statistics courses. He prides himself in being able to explain most multivariate statistical tests in simple English without using complex mathematical formulas. Tom educates his clients so that they can take full responsibility for the contents of their study, and assists them in preparing for their oral defense. His formal education includes a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology plus Master’s degrees in Theology and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.

For research proposals (Methods Chapter)

Tom provides technical assistance in the following ways:

• helping set up the research design,
• reviewing surveys,
• assistance in selecting appropriate statistical tests,
• helping determine needed sample sizes (power analyses),
• helping develop operational definitions,
• developing hypotheses/research questions,
• measuring constructs,
• and tutoring students in the understanding and usage of appropriate research and statistical terminology.

Tom often edits the Methodology Chapter to ensure that the purpose statement, research questions, the hypotheses, the data gathered, and the statistical approaches are in accord.

For data analysis projects (Results Chapter)

Tom provides ethical assistance that does not conflict with your university’s plagiarism and academic integrity policies. Tom will first have a brief free consultation with the student’s thesis/dissertation advisor and gain the appropriate permission before any formal work is conducted.

After securing written permission, Tom can provide any of the following services:

• create suitable SPSS files,
• help prepare the dataset for analysis,
• run relevant statistical tests or teach the student how to do it themselves,
• provide tutoring in the interpretation of SPSS output,
• and provide generic examples of how SPSS output could be transformed into APA style tables and narrative.

After the student has the draft of the results chapter, Tom can then provide technical editing to ensure the findings are presented in a clear, accurate and compelling manner.