Basic Statistics : Tales of Distributions - Hardcover

Chris Spatz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534713513 ISBN 13: 9780534713515

Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co, 2001

Synopsis

This text includes examples drawn from throughout the social and behavioural sciences, education, nursing/allied health, business, and everyday life. The author's aim is for students to learn how to select the proper statistical technique, explain why the technique is appropriate, calculate the statistics, and write an interpretation of the statistical results.

About this title

About the Author

Chris Spatz earned a Ph.D. from Tulane University in experimental psychology. He subsequently held NSF and NIMH postdoctoral fellowships in animal behavior at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Berkeley. He is a professor of psychology at Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas. Spatz also held positions at The University of the South and the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

Review

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Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534713513
• ISBN 13: 9780534713515
• Binding: Hardcover