Straightforward statistics : understanding the tools of research /
Geher, Glenn,author.
Hall, Sara,1979-
"Straightforward Statistics: Understanding the Tools of Research is a clear and direct introduction to statistics for the social, behavioral, and life sciences. Based on the author's extensive experience teaching undergraduate statistics, this book provides a narrative presentation of the core principles that provide the foundation for modern-day statistics. With step-by-step guidance on the nuts and bolts of computing these statistics, the book includes detailed tutorials how to use state-of-the-art software, SPSS, to compute the basic statistics employed in modern academic and applied research. Across 13 succinct chapters, this text presents statistics using a conceptual approach along with information on the relevance of the different tools in different contexts and summaries of current research examples."--back cover.
Includes bibliographical references (page 449) and index.
Why Do I Need to Learn Statistics? -- Describing a Single Variable -- Standardized Scores -- Correlation -- Statistical Prediction and Regression -- The Basic Elements of Hypothesis Testing -- Introduction to Hypothesis Testing -- Hypothesis Testing if N > 1 -- Statistical Power -- t-tests (One-Sample and Within-Groups) -- The Between-Groups t-test -- Analysis of Variance -- Chi Square and Hypothesis-testing with Categorical Variables.
"Straightforward Statistics: Understanding the Tools of Research is a clear and direct introduction to statistics for the social, behavioral, and life sciences. Based on the author's extensive experience teaching undergraduate statistics, this book provides a narrative presentation of the core principles that provide the foundation for modern-day statistics. With step-by-step guidance on the nuts and bolts of computing these statistics, the book includes detailed tutorials how to use state-of-the-art software, SPSS, to compute the basic statistics employed in modern academic and applied research. Across 13 succinct chapters, this text presents statistics using a conceptual approach along with information on the relevance of the different tools in different contexts and summaries of current research examples."--back cover.
Psychometrics.
Psychology
Psychology
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