Making sense of data and statistics in psychology
By: Gerry Mulhern, Brian Greer
Contributors: Greer, Brian, 1944-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
ISBN-13: 9780230205741
Subjects: Methodology; Psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology; Research; Psychometrics; PSYCHOLOGY / Research & Methodology
Description: "Making Sense of Data and Statistics in Psychology confronts the pedagogic challenge of teaching statistics to students in psychology and related disciplines. Recognising the heterogeneous nature of students' mathematical backgrounds and motivations, the authors adopt an innovative approach while ensuring ready integration into orthodox undergraduate statistics courses at introductory and post-introductory levels. Before being introduced to formal statistics, students are encouraged to develop a 'feel' for data, particularly through visual representation. Making extensive use of exploratory data analysis (EDA), the text emphasises conceptual rather than technical or procedural understanding"--
Notes: Greer's name appears first on the earlier edition.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Statistics in Psychology; title: MAKING SENSE OF BASIC DESIGNS; title: Variables; title: Describing and Summarising Data; title: Seeking Patterns in Data: Comparing; title: Seeking Patterns in Data: Correlating; title: The Relevance of Probability; title: Statistical Tests: Comparing; title: Statistical Tests: Correlating; title: Experimentation in Psychology; title: MAKING SENSE OF BIGGER DESIGNS; title: Seeking Patterns in Data: Comparing More Than Two Groups; title: Statistical Tests: Comparing More Than Two Groups; title: Seeking Patterns in Data: Comparing More Than One Independent Variable; title: When Variables Collide: Interactions; title: Statistical Tests:Comparing More Than One Independent Variable; title: Relating: Multiple Variables; title: Overview.