Statistics for the behavioral sciences

Select an Action

Title:

Author:

Gravetter, Frederick J.

ISBN:

9780534359263

9780534370886

Personal Author:

Gravetter, Frederick J.

Edition:

5th ed., Instructor's ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

xv, 751 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Contents:

Introduction to Statistics -- Frequency Distributions -- Central Tendency -- Variability -- z-Scores: Location of Scores and Standardized Distributions -- Probability -- Probability and Samples: The Distribution of Sample Means -- Introduction to Hypothesis Testing -- Introduction to the t Statistic -- Hypothesis Tests with Two Independent Samples -- Hypothesis Tests with Related Samples -- Estimation -- Introduction to Analysis of Variance -- Repeated-Measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) -- Two-Factor Analysis of Variance (Independent Measures) -- Correlation and Regression -- The Chi-Square Statistic: Tests for Goodness of Fit and Independence -- The Binomial Test -- Statistical Techniques for Ordinal Data: Mann-Whitney, Wilcoxon, and Kruskal-Wallis Tests.

Subject Term:

Psychology -- Statistical methods.

Educational statistics.

Added Author:

Wallnau, Larry B.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1515/99015337-t.html
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1515/99015337-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1515/99015337-d.html

Copies:

Available:*

Library	Material Type	Item Barcode	Shelf Number	Copy	Status
Searching... 1:IIEMSA	1:GEN-BOOK	33168016066231	519.50243 G776S 2000	1	Searching... Unknown
Searching... 1:IIEMSA	1:GEN-BOOK	33168015741644	519.50243 G776S 2000	4	Searching... Unknown
Searching... 1:IIEMSA	1:GEN-BOOK	33168015692599	519.50243 G776S 2000	5	Searching... Unknown
Searching... 1:IIEMSA	1:GEN-BOOK	33168015692557	519.50243 G776S 2000	6	Searching... Unknown
Searching... 1:VCSD	1:GEN-BOOK	000053624	519.502 GRA	1	Searching... Unknown

Bound With These Titles

On Order

Summary

Frederick J. Gravetter and Larry B. Wallnau combine an intuitive, easy-to-understand writing style with a wide variety of built-in learning aids and real-world examples. Applications are integrated to ensure that even students with a weak background in mathematics can achieve mastery of basic statistical concepts. Students using the book go beyond thinking of statistics as just a part of a course they have to take, instead coming to appreciate it as a growing field that helps us make sense of data in our world. The authors skillfully demonstrate to students that having an understanding of a variety of statistical procedures will help them understand published findings, as well as become savvy consumers of information.