Statistics without maths for psychology

✍ Scribed by Christine P. Dancey, John Reidy

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 649
• Edition: 5th
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Statistics Without Maths for Psychology guides you through statistical processes in a clear, engaging and straightforward way - without using intimidating mathematical formulae. This new 5th edition covers all the statistical procedures you will need and also gives guidance on using SPSS . Activities and questions throughout enable you to test your learning and deepen your understanding in a practical, manageable way. Comprehensive, clearly written and packed with examples, this rigorous guide will enable you to get to grips with statistics and avoid feeling like a fish out of water.

✦ Table of Contents

Statistics Without Maths for Psychology......Page 2
Brief contents......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 18
Acknowledgements......Page 22
Guided tour of the book and website......Page 25
1. Variables and research design......Page 30
2. Introduction to SPSS......Page 54
3. Descriptive statistics......Page 70
4. Probability, sampling and distributions......Page 125
5. Hypothesis testing and statistical significance......Page 161
6. Correlational analysis: Pearson’s r......Page 197
7. Analyses of differences between two conditions: the t-test......Page 240
8. Issues of significance......Page 272
9. Measures of association......Page 292
10. Analysis of differences between three or more conditions......Page 326
11. Analysis of variance with more than one IV......Page 358
12. Regression analysis......Page 413
13. Analysis of three or more groups partialling out effects of a covariate......Page 453
14. Introduction to factor analysis......Page 484
15. Introduction to multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA)......Page 522
16. Non-parametric statistics......Page 557
Answers to activities and SPSS exercises......Page 595
Appendix 1......Page 635
Appendix 2......Page 638
Index......Page 640

✦ Subjects

Психологические дисциплины;Матметоды и моделирование в психологии;