Statistical Concepts for the Behavioral Sciences - Bonnie A Green

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Biographie:
Harold O. Kiess is Professor Emeritus, Framingham State University, and received his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. While at Framingham, Kiess developed and taught courses in research methodology and statistical analysis, as well as the historical foundations of psychology. He has also authored three editions of Statistical Concepts for the Behavioral Sciences before joining with Bonnie A. Green as co-author for the fourth edition.

Sommaire:
1. Making sense of variability: an introduction to statistics; 2. Statistics in the context of scientific research; 3. Looking at data: frequency distributions and graphs; 4. Looking at data: measures of central tendency; 5. Looking at data: measures of variability; 6. The normal distribution, probability, and standard scores; 7. Understanding data: using statistics for inference and estimation; 8. Is there really a difference? Introduction to statistical hypothesis testing; 9. The basics of experimentation and testing for a difference between means; 10. One-factor between-subjects analysis of variance; 11. Two-factor between-subjects analysis of variance; 12. One-factor within-subjects analysis of variance; 13. Correlation: understanding covariation; 14. Regression analysis: predicting linear relationships; 15. Nonparametric statistical tests; Appendix A. Mathematics review; Appendix B. Statistical symbols; Appendix C. Statistical tables; Appendix D. Commonly used formulas; Appendix E. Answers for computational problems; Appendix F. Glossary; References; Name index; Subject index.