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This introductory text presents sophisticated statistical concepts in simple and logical steps, with relevant examples and illustrations drawn from psychology and the social sciences. Students will gain confidence rather than be overwhelmed as they focus on the basic foundations for understanding and using statistics in psychological research and everyday life. Widely praised pedagogy includes case studies and examples, Checking Your Progress sections, Troubleshooting Your Computations sections, chapter-ending exercises, and five appendixes for reference and review.

Preface
1. The Language of Statistics
PART I. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
2. Definitions and Scaling
3. The Frequency Distribution
4. Graphing Data
5. Measures of Central Tendency
6. Measures of Dispersion and Standard Scores
Review of Descriptive Statistics
PART II. INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
7. Probability
8. The Normal Distribution
9. Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Testing
10. Significance of the Difference Between Two Sample Means
11. One-Way Analysis of Variance With Post Hoc Comparisons
12. Two-Way Analysis of Variance
13. Correlation and Regression
14. Chi Square
15. Alternatives to t and F
Review of Inferential Statistics
Choosing the Correct Inferential Test
APPENDIX 1: Brief Math-Algebra Review
APPENDIX 2: Glossary of Statistical Terms
APPENDIX 3: Symbol Glossary and Glossary of Computational Formulas
APPENDIX 4: Tables for Inferential Tests
APPENDIX 5: Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises
INDEX

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Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

0767410645

Summary

Table of Contents

1. The Language of Statistics

PART I. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

2. Definitions and Scaling

3. The Frequency Distribution

4. Graphing Data

5. Measures of Central Tendency

6. Measures of Dispersion and Standard Scores

Review of Descriptive Statistics

PART II. INFERENTIAL STATISTICS

7. Probability

8. The Normal Distribution

9. Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Testing

10. Significance of the Difference Between Two Sample Means

11. One-Way Analysis of Variance With Post Hoc Comparisons

12. Two-Way Analysis of Variance

13. Correlation and Regression

14. Chi Square

15. Alternatives to t and F

Review of Inferential Statistics

Choosing the Correct Inferential Test

APPENDIX 1: Brief Math-Algebra Review

APPENDIX 2: Glossary of Statistical Terms

APPENDIX 3: Symbol Glossary and Glossary of Computational Formulas

APPENDIX 4: Tables for Inferential Tests

APPENDIX 5: Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises

INDEX

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