Statistics for the behavioral sciences

• Main Author: Privitera, Gregory J. (Author)
• Format: Unknown
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles SAGE 2015
• Edition: 2nd edition
• Subjects: Social sciences > Statistical methods; Psychology > Statistical methods
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Undergraduate students of research methods in psychology and the behavioral sciences

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to statistics
• Summarizing data : frequency distributions in tables and graphs
• Summarizing data : central tendency
• Summarizing data : variability
• Probability
• Probability, normal distributions, and z scores
• Probability and sampling distributions
• Hypothesis testing : significance, effect size, and power
• Testing means : one-sample and two-independent sample t tests
• Testing means : related samples t test
• Estimation and confidence intervals
• Analysis of variance : one-way between-subjects design
• Analysis of variance : one-way within-subjects (repeated measures) design
• Analysis of variance : two-way between-subjects factorial design
• Correlation
• Linear regression and multiple regression
• Nonparametric tests : chi-square tests
• Nonparametric tests : tests for ordinal data.