Psychology statistics for dummies /
The introduction to statistics that psychology students can't afford to be without Understanding statistics is a requirement for obtaining and making the most of a degree in psychology, a fact of life that often takes first year psychology students by surprise. Filled with jargon-free explanati...
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Chichester, West Sussex :
Wiley,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Table of Contents; Title Page; Introduction; Part I: Describing Data; Chapter 1: Statistics? I Thought This Was Psychology!; Chapter 2: What Type of Data Are We Dealing With?; Chapter 3: Inputting Data, Labelling and Coding in SPSS; Chapter 4: Measures of Central Tendency; Chapter 5: Measures of Dispersion; Chapter 6: Generating Graphs and Charts; Part II: Statistical Significance; Chapter 7: Understanding Probability and Inference; Chapter 8: Testing Hypotheses; Chapter 9: What's Normal about the Normal Distribution?; Chapter 10: Standardised Scores; Chapter 11: Effect Sizes and Power.
- Part III: Relationships between VariablesChapter 12: Correlations; Chapter 13: Linear Regression; Chapter 14: Associations between Discrete Variables; Part IV: Analysing Independent Groups Research Designs; Chapter 15: Independent t-tests and Mann-Whitney Tests; Chapter 16: Between-Groups ANOVA; Chapter 17: Post Hoc Tests and Planned Comparisons for Independent Groups Designs; Part V: Analysing Repeated Measures Research Designs; Chapter 18: Paired t-tests and Wilcoxon Tests; Chapter 19: Within-Groups ANOVA; Chapter 20: Post Hoc Tests and Planned Comparisons for Repeated Measures Designs.Chapter 21: Mixed ANOVAPart VI: The Part of Tens; Chapter 22: Ten Pieces of Good Advice for Inferential Testing; Chapter 23: Ten Tips for Writing Your Results Section; Cheat Sheet.