Statistical Reasoning in the Behavioral Sciences
5th Edition
Published on 31. August 2007
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-0-470-13487-0 (ISBN)
Description
Substantially revised and updated, the new Fifth Edition reflects the changes that have occurred in the field of psychological statistics over the past decade. This revision focuses on conceptual growth. It helps readers develop an understanding of statistical logic and procedures, the properties of statistical devices, the importance of the assumptions underlying statistical tools, and what happens when the strict requirements of statistical theory meet the circumstances of real-world data.
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Edition
5th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations (some col.)
Dimensions
Height: 256 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1012 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-13487-0 (9780470134870)
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Bruce M. King | Patrick J. Rosopa | Edward W. Minium
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10/2010
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Content
1. Introduction. 2. Frequency Distributions, Percentiles, and Percentile Ranks. 3. Graphic Representation of Frequency Distributions. 4. Central Tendency. 5. Variability and Standard (z ) Scores. 6. Standard Scores and the Normal Curve. 7. Correlation. 8. Prediction. 9. Interpretive Aspects of Correlation and Regression. 10. Probability. 11. Random Sampling and Sampling Distributions. 12. Introduction to Statistical Inference: Testing Hypotheses about Single Means (z and t ). 13. Interpreting the Results of Hypothesis Testing: Effect Size, Type I and Type II Errors, and Power. 14. Testing Hypotheses about the Difference between Two Independent Groups. 15. Testing for a Difference between Two Dependent (Correlated) Groups. 16. Inference about Correlation Coefficients. 17. An Alternative to Hypothesis Testing: Confidence Intervals. 18. Chi-Square and Inference about Frequencies. 19. Testing for Differences among Three or More Groups: One-Way Analysis of Variance (and Some Alternatives). 20. Factorial Analysis of Variance: The Two-Factor Design for Independent Groups. 21. Some (Almost) Asumption-Free Tests. Epilogue: The Realm of Statistics. Appendix A: Review of Basic Mathematics. Appendix B: List of Symbols. Appendix C: Answers to Problems. Appendix D: Statistical Tables.