Straightforward statistics : understanding the tools of research / Glenn Geher, Sara Hall.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.Description: xvi, 395 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:

9780190276959

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150.151 23 GEH

Contents:

1. Prelude : why do I need to learn statistics? -- 2. Describing a single variable -- 3. Standardized scores -- 4. Correlation -- 5. Statistical prediction and regression -- 6. The basic elements of hypothesis testing -- 7. Introduction to hypothesis testing -- 8. Hypothesis testing in N>1 -- 9. Statistical power -- 10. t-tests (one-sample and within-groups) -- 11. The between-groups t-test -- 12. Analysis of variance -- 13. Chi square and hypothesis-testing with categorical variables --

Summary: "Straightforward Statistics: Understanding the Tools of Research is a clear and direct introduction to statistics for the social, behavioral, and life sciences. Based on the author's extensive experience teaching undergraduate statistics, this book provides a narrative presentation of the core principles that provide the foundation for modern-day statistics. With step-by-step guidance on the nuts and bolts of computing these statistics, the book includes detailed tutorials how to use state-of-the-art software, SPSS, to compute the basic statistics employed in modern academic and applied research. Across 13 succinct chapters, this text presents statistics using a conceptual approach along with information on the relevance of the different tools in different contexts and summaries of current research examples."

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Originally published: 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Straightforward Statistics: Understanding the Tools of Research is a clear and direct introduction to statistics for the social, behavioral, and life sciences. Based on the author's extensive experience teaching undergraduate statistics, this book provides a narrative presentation of the core principles that provide the foundation for modern-day statistics. With step-by-step guidance on the nuts and bolts of computing these statistics, the book includes detailed tutorials how to use state-of-the-art software, SPSS, to compute the basic statistics employed in modern academic and applied research. Across 13 succinct chapters, this text presents statistics using a conceptual approach along with information on the relevance of the different tools in different contexts and summaries of current research examples."

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