Easy statistics for psychology
Subtitle: a BPS guide
By: Mark Forshaw.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.; The British Psychological Society/BPS Blackwell
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 130
ISBN-13: 9781405139564; 9781405139571
Subjects: Psychometrics; Psychology -- Statistical methods
Description: "Written exclusively for those students approaching this subject for the first time, Easy Statistics In Psychology: A BPS Guide is a compact, accessible, and highly readable, new text on psychological statistics. The book is written in a friendly, approachable style using simple language and avoiding complexities commonly associated with the topic. It is packed with helpful analogies that will help the reader understand the ideas behind the formulae and appreciate the powerful benefits that a rigorous statistical approach can bring to psychological research."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to measuring things; title: Variance and more; title: Probability, power and error; title: First steps in inferential testing; title: Analysis of variance; title: Correlation and regression; title: Factor analysis; title: Goodness of fit and chi-squared; title: Non-parametric tests.