Quantitative Models in Psychology
There are two basic problems with taking a statistics course. The first is that you almost never have good mental schema for taking the material in. Thus, while you are trying to develop an organizational structure for understanding the basic ideas of the course, you miss all the nuances and refinements that are critical to developing in-depth knowledge and a real appreciation for the material...InQuantitative Models in Psychology,, McGrath has written a book that explains all those things you really didn t understand when you took statistics the first time. This is the book of statistical do-overs. And the beauty of it is that McGrath is a clinical psychologist. He feels your quantitative pain. What McGrath has done inQuantitative Modelsis to very clearly imagine his reader and write a book directly geared to that reader. It is an exceptional accomplishment...Quantitative Models in Psychologyis an exceptional piece of scholarship, highly readable, and, in all likelihood, will make you a better psychologist! --PsycCRITIQUES, February 22, 2012, Vol. 57, No. 8, Article 4