Essential statistics for the behavioral sciences
by
 
Privitera, Gregory J.

Title
Essential statistics for the behavioral sciences

Author
Privitera, Gregory J.

ISBN
9781483353005

Personal Author
Privitera, Gregory J.

Physical Description
xl, 534 pages ; 26 cm

Contents
Introduction and descriptive statistics -- Introduction to statistics -- Summarizing data : frequency distributions in tables and graphs -- Summarizing data : central tendency -- Summarizing data : variability -- Probability and the foundations of -- Inferential statistics -- Probability, normal distributions, and z-scores -- Characteristics of the sample mean -- Hypothesis testing : significance, effect size, and power -- Making inferences about one or two -- Means -- One-sample T test with confidence intervals -- Two-independent-sample T test with confidence intervals -- Related samples t-test with confidence intervals -- Making inferences about the variability -- Of two or more means -- One-way analysis of variance : between-subjects and within-subjects -- (repeated measures) designs -- Two-way analysis of variance : between-subjects factorial design -- Making inferences about patterns -- Prediction, and nonparametric tests -- Correlation and linear regression -- Chi-square tests : goodness-of-fit and the test for independence -- Appendix A: Basic math review and statistical notation -- Appendix B: Statistical tables -- Appendix C: Chapter solutions for even-numbered problems -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

Subject Term
Social sciences -- Statistical methods.
 
Psychology -- Statistical methods.


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