Introduction to Statistics and Research Methods: Pearson New International Edition
Becoming a Psychological Detective, An
1st Edition
Published on 3. October 2013
552 pages
978-1-292-05258-8 (ISBN)
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For undergraduate Psychology courses in statistics and research methods. A forward-looking text that combines research methods and statistics, this book is valuable for a single course or a two-semester sequence that covers what have traditionally been two separate courses.
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Stephen Davis | Randolph Smith
Introduction to Statistics and Research Methods: Becoming a Psychological Detective
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Content
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- 1. The Science of Psychology
- 2. Research Ideas and Hypotheses
- 3. Ethics in Psychological Research
- 4. Basic Statistical Concepts, Frequency Tables, Graphs, Frequency Distributions, and Measures of Central Tendency
- 5. The Basics of Experimentation I: Variables and Control
- 6. Summarizing and Comparing Data: Measures of Variation, Distribution of Means and the Standard Error of the Mean, and z Scores
- 7. The Basics of Experimentation II: Final Considerations, Unanticipated Influences, and Cross-Cultural Issues
- 8. Correlation and Prediction
- 9. Probability, the Normal Curve, and Sampling
- 10. Designing and Conducting Experiments with Two Groups
- 11. Inferential Tests of Significance I: t Tests
- 12. Designing and Conducting Experiments with More than Two Groups
- 13. Analyzing and Interpreting Experiments with More than Two Groups
- 14. Designing and Conducting Experiments with Multiple Independent Variables
- 15. Analyzing and Interpreting Experiments that Have Multiple Independent Variables
- 16. Alternative Research Designs
- 17. Data Transformations and Nonparametric Tests of Significance
- 18. External Validity and Critiquing Experimental Research
- Appendix: Statistical Tables
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