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020 _a9780190276959
041 _aEnglish
082 0 4 _a150.151
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_bGEH
100 1 _aGeher, Glenn,
245 1 0 _aStraightforward statistics :
_bunderstanding the tools of research /
_cGlenn Geher, Sara Hall.
260 _aNew York ; Oxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2014.
300 _axvi, 395 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c26 cm
500 _aOriginally published: 2014.
505 _t1. Prelude : why do I need to learn statistics? --
_t2. Describing a single variable --
_t3. Standardized scores --
_t4. Correlation --
_t5. Statistical prediction and regression --
_t6. The basic elements of hypothesis testing --
_t7. Introduction to hypothesis testing --
_t8. Hypothesis testing in N>1 --
_t9. Statistical power --
_t10. t-tests (one-sample and within-groups) --
_t11. The between-groups t-test --
_t12. Analysis of variance --
_t13. Chi square and hypothesis-testing with categorical variables --
650 0 _aPsychometrics.
650 0 _aPsychology
650 0 _aPsychology
650 0 _aStatistics
700 1 _aHall, Sara,
942 _2ddc
_cBOOKS
100 1 _eauthor.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"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."
650 0 _xMathematical models.
650 0 _xResearch.
650 0 _xStudy and teaching (Higher)
700 1 _d1979-
_eauthor.
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