Statistics for the behavioral and social science a brief cours

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Main Author: Aron, Arthur
Other Authors: Aron, Elaine, Coups, Elliot J.
Format: Book
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J Pearson/Prentice Hal 2005
Edition:3rd ed
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Table of Contents:
  • Displaying the order in a group of numbers
  • The mean, variance, standard deviation, and Z scores
  • Correlation and prediction
  • Some key ingredients for inferential statistics : the normal curve, probability, and population versus sample
  • Introduction to hypothesis testing
  • Hypothesis tests with means of samples
  • Making sense of statistical significance : decision errors, effect size, and statistical power
  • Introduction to the t test
  • The t test for independent means
  • Introduction to the analysis of variance
  • Chi-square tests and strategies when population distributions are not normal
  • Making sense of advanced statistical procedures in research articles