Understanding and Using Advanced Statistics: A Practical Guide for Students - Softcover

Foster, Jeremy J; Barkus, Emma; Yavorsky, Christian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 141290014X ISBN 13: 9781412900140

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

The spread of sophisticated computer packages and the machinery on which to run them has meant that procedures which were previously only available to experienced researchers with access to expensive machines and research students can now be carried out in a few seconds by almost every undergraduate. Understanding and Using Advanced Statistics provides the basis for gaining an understanding of what these analytic procedures do, when they should be used, and what the results provided signify. This comprehensive textbook guides students and researchers through the transition from simple statistics to more complex procedures with accessible language and illustration.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr Jeremy Foster is Principal Lecturer in the Department of Psychology and Speech Therapy at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Research Interests:

Cannabis, Ecstasy (MDMA), risk factors for psychosis in the general population, experiences people have after using recreational drugs, effects of psychosis proneness and recreational cannabis use on cognitive function, schizophrenia and other psychoses, early psychosis, use of technology in research, health and well being of adolescents and children, neuropsychology, neuroscience, functional brain imaging.

Review:

Foster and colleagues provide basic understanding and knowledge of some statistical procedures being increasingly used in numerous diverse real-life situations; this volume particularly addresses problems in the social sciences. . . .This is an interesting book with complex statistical procedures in a simple, easy-to-understand style. It should appeal to all readers with limited knowledge of mathematics who want to learn the applications of these techniques. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Author: D. V. Chopra Source: CHOICE Published On: 2006-06-01

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 141290014X
• ISBN 13: 9781412900140
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192