Statistics for Psychology, 6th edition places definitional formulas center stage to emphasize the logic behind statistics and discourage rote memorization. Each procedure is explained in a direct, concise language and both verbally and numerically.
Features:
• Provides a concise summary of definitional formulas mathematically, verbally, and visually so students can understand the logic behind the procedure. The authors emphasizes on accessibility for all readers.
• Gives examples of how a statistical method is reported in current journal articles.
• Engages in the most current statistical theory and application.
• “How are you Doing” exercises for students serves as a checkpoint for each chapter.
• SPSS screen shots are included within the text to further facilitate learning. Examples in the text show students how to compute SPSS procedures and include a worked out example with screen shots.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Displaying the order in a group of numbers
Chapter 2. Central tendency and variability
Chapter 3. Some key ingredients for inferential statistics: Z scores, the normal curve, sample versus population, and probability
Chapter 4. Introduction to hypothesis testing
Chapter 5. Hypothesis testing with means of samples
Chapter 6. Making sense of statistical significance: Effect size and statistical power
Chapter 7. Introduction to the t test: Single sample and dependent means
Chapter 8. The t test for independent means
Chapter 9. Introduction to the analysis of variance
Chapter 10. Factorial analysis of variance
Chapter 11. Correlation
Chapter 12. Prediction
Chapter 13. Chi-square tests
Chapter 14. Strategies when population distributions are not normal: Data transformations and rank-order tests
Chapter 15. Integration and the general linear model and Making sense of advanced statistical procedures in research articles
About the Author
1. Arthur Aron, State University of New York at Stony Brook
2. Elaine N. Aron, State University of New York at Stony Brook
3. Elliot J. Coups, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers State University of New Jersey
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