Explaining Psychological Statistics (Hardcover)

Barry H. Cohen

ISBN 10: 1118436601 / ISBN 13: 9781118436608

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, 2014

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Hardcover. A clear and accessible statistics text now fully updated and revised Now with a new chapter showing students how to apply the right test in the right way to yield the most accurate and true result, Explaining Psychological Statistics, Fourth Edition offers students an engaging introduction to the field. Presenting the material in a logically flowing, non-intimidating way, this comprehensive text covers both introductory and advanced topics in statistics, from the basic concepts (and limitations) of null hypothesis testing to mixed-design ANOVA and multiple regression. The Fourth Edition covers: Basic statistical proceduresFrequency tables, graphs, and distributionsMeasures of central tendency and variabilityOne- and two-sample hypothesis testsHypothesis testingInterval estimation and the t distribution Now in its 4th edition, this popular and comprehensive graduate-level statistics text offers students an easy to grasp and non-intimidating approach to statistics for the non-mathematician. The text provides practical coverage of SPSS in every chapter, including screen shots, procedures, exercises, and direction on how to interpret SPSS output. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Explaining Psychological Statistics (Hardcover)
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118436601
• ISBN 13: 9781118436608
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A clear and accessible statistics text― now fully updated and revised

Now with a new chapter showing students how to apply the right test in the right way to yield the most accurate and true result, Explaining Psychological Statistics, Fourth Edition offers students an engaging introduction to the field. Presenting the material in a logically flowing, non-intimidating way, this comprehensive text covers both introductory and advanced topics in statistics, from the basic concepts (and limitations) of null hypothesis testing to mixed-design ANOVA and multiple regression.

The Fourth Edition covers:

• Basic statistical procedures
• Frequency tables, graphs, and distributions
• Measures of central tendency and variability
• One- and two-sample hypothesis tests
• Hypothesis testing
• Interval estimation and the t distribution

About the Author

BARRY H. COHEN, PHD, is the Director of the Master’s Program in Psychology at New York University, where he has been teaching statistics for more than twenty years. He is the coauthor of two other successful statistics books from Wiley: Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, Seventh Edition and Essentials of Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences.