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"Training in quantitative methods primarily involves studying the mechanics of statistics or, in other words, the "how" of data analysis. What is less studied is the "why," or the foundational theory underlying these concepts. Using the organizing principle that quantitative...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGrath, Robert E., 1956-
Corporate Author: American Psychological Association
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2011.
Subjects:
Psychology > Statistical methods.
Psychology > Mathematical models.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary concepts in inference
  • Significance testing
  • Null hypothesis significance testing
  • Models of measurement error
  • Practical issues in null hypothesis significance testing
  • Alternatives to null hypothesis significance testing
  • Latent-variable models
  • Preliminary concepts in structural modeling
  • Modeling psychological phenomena.