Straightforward Statistics: Understanding the Tools of ResearchStraightforward 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. Students should find this book easy useful and engaging in its presentation while instructors should find it detailed, comprehensive, accessible, and helpful in complementing a basic course in statistics. |
Contents
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chapter 2 Describing a Single Variable | 15 |
chapter 3 Standardized Scores | 48 |
chapter 4 Correlation | 65 |
chapter 5 Statistical Prediction and Regression | 91 |
chapter 6 The Basic Elements of Hypothesis Testing | 115 |
chapter 7 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing | 139 |
chapter 8 Hypothesis Testing if N 1 | 167 |
chapter 13 Chi Square and HypothesisTesting with Categorical Variables | 305 |
Appendix A
Cumulative Standardized Normal Distribution | 325 |
Critical Values of t | 329 |
Critical Values of F | 331 |
Critical Values of 2 Chi Squared Distribution Critical Values of X2 | 335 |
Appendix E
Advanced Statistics to Be Aware of | 337 |
Appendix F Using SPSS | 345 |
Glossary | 383 |
chapter 9 Statistical Power | 185 |
chapter 10 ttests OneSample and WithinGroups | 219 |
chapter 11 The BetweenGroups ttest | 247 |
chapter 12 Analysis of Variance | 277 |
Answers to Set B Homework Problems | 389 |
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Straightforward Statistics: Understanding the Tools of Research Glenn Geher,Sara Hall Limited preview - 2014 |
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