This text outlines the major statistical tests used by undergraduates in the social sciences. It provides easy-to-understand explanations of how and why they are used and aims to make statistics much less mysterious. The book provides a simple introduction to the jargon and guides the reader in using computers in statistical analysis. In addition, it can be dipped into so that readers can see why a specific analytical procedure was developed and what it is best used for. Readers can also analyse their own data by following the worked examples provided. The text aims to show that statistics can be a helpful tool to all of us in deciding answers to our research questions.
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This is a superb introduction to statistics. It is very well written and easy to read. It represents excellent value and will prove to be a big success with students. - P. Morrison, Wales University College of Medicine
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This lovely book provides a consistently straightforward and easily accessible explanation of statistics. The book takes the reader through basic concepts in a de-mystifying way, providing the intuition that got lost in the mathematics when I took statistics in college. The book strikes an excellent balance between substance and simplicity in going through the basic ideas and the math behind them, providing a role model for first explanations of substantive topics. It's nice to read a book that sticks to its task of helping the reader understand a subject broadly and thoroughly without the author seeming to be trying to impress the reader with how much he or she knows.
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RESEARCH IS PERFORMED to find answers to questions: what events from their lives do people remember best? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
systematic differences between the conditions, study time scores, anagram solution times, more science subjects, independent measures design, unaffected babies, simple main effects, standard normal distribution tables, conditions variance, squared scores, unaffected population, repeated measures factor, unknown distribution, novice operators, squared totals, tied ranks, examination performance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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RESEARCH IS PERFORMED to find answers to questions: what events from their lives do people remember best? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
systematic differences between the conditions, study time scores, anagram solution times, more science subjects, independent measures design, unaffected babies, simple main effects, standard normal distribution tables, conditions variance, squared scores, unaffected population, repeated measures factor, unknown distribution, novice operators, squared totals, tied ranks, examination performance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Statistical Principles In Experimental Design by Benjamin J Winer in Back Matter
- Fundamentals of Behavioral Statistics by Richard Runyon in Back Matter
- Nonparametric Statistics for The Behavioral Sciences by Sidney Siegel in Back Matter
- Behavioral Sciences: An Interpretation by Donald R.Van Houten James D. Thompson in Back Matter
- Science for Exercise and Sport by David James on page 110, and page 142
- Science for Exercise and Sport by David James on page 12, and page 44
- Situated Ethics in Educational Research by Helen Simons on page 149, and Back Matter
- Situated Ethics in Educational Research by Helen Simons on page 149, and Back Matter
- Doing Psychological Research by Nick Hayes on page 340, and Back Matter
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