Fundamental Statistics for Behavioral SciencesAs a textbook for the first course in applied statistics, [this book] is used primarily by students majoring in psychology, education, and other behavioral sciences. [The author] emphasize[s] the purpose, rationale, and application of important statistical concepts over rote memorization and the mechanical application of formulas. [This book] does not require much background in mathematics. ... the student need be familiar only with the thinking patterns learned in high school algebra and geometry; all relevant terms and operations are reviewed in Appendix 1. ... the book contains many computations and problems to solve, but most statistical formulas rely heavily on simple arithmetic, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and the taking of square roots ... [The book] presents discriptive statistics, inducing central tendency, variability, relative position, regression, and correlation. [It] deals with elementary inferential statistics, including sampling distributions, the logic of hypothesis testing, elementary parametric tests, and simple analysis of variance ... -Pref. |
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05 level aggressive analysis of variance average behavior calculated central tendency Chapter class interval column computed correlation coefficient critical value Decision Rules degrees of freedom dependent variable determine divided drug equal example Figure formula frequency distribution frequency histogram given grand mean graph group means H₁ independently sampled lower real limit males measurement median nondirectional test nonparametric null hypothesis number of scores number of subjects observed parameters percentile point percentile rank population distribution population mean predicted probability procedures programs randomly and independently raw scores regression line reject the null relationship relative frequency distribution result sample mean sampling distribution sampling error scale score value selected significance level squared deviations standard deviation standard error standard normal distribution standard score sum of squares Suppose symbolized Table tobs total number treatment effects type I error Vicarious Reinforcement X₁ zero Zobs ΣΧ