Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences (2nd Edition) [Hardcover]

Jacob Cohen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1988 | ISBN-10: 0805802835 | ISBN-13: 978-0805802832 | Edition: 2

Statistical Power Analysis is a nontechnical guide to power analysis in research planning that provides users of applied statistics with the tools they need for more effective analysis. The Second Edition includes:
* a chapter covering power analysis in set correlation and multivariate methods;
* a chapter considering effect size, psychometric reliability, and the efficacy of "qualifying" dependent variables and;
* expanded power and sample size tables for multiple regression/correlation.

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"...provides a very convenient source for formulas and tables to compute power in some common analyses....the excellent writing allows lending the book and being comfortable in expecting the scientist to use the book for power calculations with little assistance."
—Technometrics

"This is the second edition of work that has become a minor classic. It ranks as a required reference for research grant applications in the social sciences....It provides a much-needed reference for those not as numerically proficient as many JASA readers....overall the book is clearly written."
—Journal of the American Statistical Association

"...provides readers who apply statistical analyses to their data with descriptions of the rationale for each of several procedures as well as the steps in computation separately and does so in a clearly written style."
—Perceptual and Motor Skills

Product Details

• Hardcover: 567 pages
• Publisher: Routledge Academic; 2 edition (January 15, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805802835
• ISBN-13: 978-0805802832
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #331,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Definitive Power Analysis Text, December 2, 1999

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This review is from: Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

Cohen does a masterful job of taking the guesswork out of statistical power estimation. This text provides procedural guidelines for determining power for many designs, and can be quite helpful in determining proper sample sizes. Not for the casual reader, but a necessary addition to any serious researchers statistical library.

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent early book on sample size determination, prepared with researchers from the behavioral sciences in mind, February 22, 2008

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This review is from: Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

In the design of clinical trials particularly in the regulatory environment of the FDA the determination of the appropriate number of subjects to recruit for a well-powered statistical hypothesis test ot tests is extremely important. This topic is often neglected in statistical texts, even the elementary ones. It has also been neglected in many of the statistical software products that are available. Recognizing this need Janet Elashoff and Ralph o'Brien were among the first to construct tools for sample size determination and calculation of statistical power. There are now many software products available including nQuery Advisor (Janet Elashoff's product), Power and Precision, PASS, and StatXact. For group sequential and adaptive design methods thare are products such as East, PEST, SeqTrial+ and ADDPLAN to mention a few. Ralph O'Brien's package has now been modified and implimented in SAS with the procedures PROC Power and PROC Glmpower.

This book by Jacob Cohen preceded these developments and became a classic reference for researchers particularly those in the social sciences including behavioral scientists as mentioned in the title. I know of only one other competing book from that time period that being "How Many Subjects" by Helen Kraemer of Stanford University.

20 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The classic statistical power reference., June 28, 1999

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This review is from: Statistical Power Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

Clearly, a must for every statistical library. This book is considered the authority on power analysis.