Statistics For The Behavioral Sciences
ISBN: 9780495602200 | 0495602205
Edition: 8thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 12/10/2008
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By far the best-selling introduction to statistics for users in the behavioral and social sciences, this book continues to offer straightforward instruction, accuracy, built-in learning aids, and real-world examples. The goal of STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 8th Edition is to not only teach the methods of statistics, but also to convey the basic principles of objectivity and logic that are essential for science and valuable in everyday life. Authors Frederick Gravetter and Larry Wallnau help users understand statistical procedures through a conceptual context that explains why the procedures were developed and when they should be used. Users have numerous opportunities to practice statistical techniques through Learning Checks, examples, step-by-step Demonstrations, and problems.
| Introduction And Descriptive Statistics | |
| Introduction to Statistics | |
| Frequency Distributions | |
| Central Tendency | |
| Variability | |
| Foundations Of Inferential Statistics | |
| z-Scores: Location of Scores and Standardized Distributions | |
| Probability | |
| Probability and Samples: The Distribution of Sample Means | |
| Inferences Ab... MORE | |
| Introduction to Hypothesis Testing | |
| Introduction to the t Statistic | |
| The t Test for Two Independent Samples | |
| The t Test for Two Related Samples | |
| Estimation | |
| Introduction to Analysis of Variance | |
| Repeated-Measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) | |
| Two-Factor Analysis of Variance (Independent Measures) | |
| Correlations And Nonparametric Tests | |
| Correlation | |
| Introduction to Regression | |
| The Chi-Square Statistic: Tests for Goodness of Fit and Independence | |
| The Binomial Test | |
| Statistical Techniques for Ordinal Data: Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon, Kruskal Wallis, and Friedman Tests | |
| Basic Mathematics Review | |
| Statistical Tables | |
| Solutions for Odd-Numbered Problems | |
| General Instructions for Using SPSS | |
| Statistics Organizer | |
| References | |
| Index | |
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