Essentials of Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Essentials of Behavioral Science)

✍ Scribed by Barry H. Cohen, R. Brooke Lea

• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 306
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Master the essential statistical skills used in social and behavioral sciencesEssentials of Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences distills the overwhelming amount of material covered in introductory statistics courses into a handy, practical resource for students and professionals. This accessible guide covers basic to advanced concepts in a clear, concrete, and readable style.Essentials of Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences guides you to a better understanding of basic concepts of statistical methods. Numerous practical tips are presented for selecting appropriate statistical procedures. In addition, this useful guide demonstrates how to evaluate and interpret statistical data, provides numerous formulas for calculating statistics from tables of summary statistics, and offers a variety of worked examples.As part of the Essentials of Behavioral Science series, this book offers a thorough review of the most relevant statistical concepts and techniques that will arm you with the tools you'll need for knowledgeable, informed practice. Each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as "Test Yourself" questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

✦ Table of Contents

Essentials of Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 10
Series Preface......Page 12
One Descriptive Statistics......Page 16
Two Introduction to Null Hypothesis Testing......Page 43
Three The Two-Group t II Test......Page 63
Four Correlation and Regression......Page 86
Five One-Way ANOVA and Multiple Comparisons......Page 112
Six Power Analysis......Page 137
Seven Factorial ANOVA......Page 160
Eight Repeated-Measures ANOVA......Page 187
Nine Nonparametric Statistics......Page 214
Appendix A Statistical Tables......Page 241
Appendix B Answers to Putting it into Practice Exercises......Page 258
References......Page 290
Annotated Bibliography......Page 293
Index......Page 296
About the Authors......Page 306

✦ Subjects

Психологические дисциплины;Матметоды и моделирование в психологии;