Title
Straightforward statistics : understanding the tools of research / Glenn Geher and Sara Hall.
ISBN
9780199751761 hardcover
0199751765 hardcover
Published
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Language
English
Description
xvii, 455 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Call Number
BF39 .G427 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
150.1/5195
Summary
"Straightforward Statistics: Understanding the Tools of Research is a clear and direct introduction to statistics for the social, behavioral, and life sciences. Based on the author's extensive experience teaching undergraduate statistics, this book provides a narrative presentation of the core principles that provide the foundation for modern-day statistics. With step-by-step guidance on the nuts and bolts of computing these statistics, the book includes detailed tutorials how to use state-of-the-art software, SPSS, to compute the basic statistics employed in modern academic and applied research. Across 13 succinct chapters, this text presents statistics using a conceptual approach along with information on the relevance of the different tools in different contexts and summaries of current research examples."--back cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 449) and index.
Why Do I Need to Learn Statistics?
Describing a Single Variable
Standardized Scores
Correlation
Statistical Prediction and Regression
The Basic Elements of Hypothesis Testing
Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
Hypothesis Testing if N > 1
Statistical Power
t-tests (One-Sample and Within-Groups)
The Between-Groups t-test
Analysis of Variance
Chi-Square and hypothesis-testing with categorical variables.
