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Statistics of the behavioral sciences / Susan A. Nolan and Thomas E. Heinzen

By: Nolan, Susan A | Heinzen, Thomas EPublication details: New York : Worth Publishers, c2008. Description: xxiv, 835 p. : 27 cmISBN: 9780716750079; 0716750074Subject(s): Social sciences -- Statistical methodsDDC classification: 300.727 NOL
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Ch. 1. An introduction to statistics and research design: the basic elements of statistical reasoning
Ch. 2. Descriptive statistics: organizing, summarizing, and graphing individual variables
Ch. 3. Visual displays of data: graphs that tell a story
Ch. 4. Probabilities and research: The risks and rewards of scientific sampling
Ch. 5. Correlation: quantifying the relation between two variables
Ch. 6. Regression: tools for predicting behavior
Ch. 7. Inferential statistics: the surprising story of the normal curve
Ch. 8. Hypothesis testing with z tests: making meaningful comparisons
Ch. 9. Hypothesis testing with t tests: comparing two groups
Ch. 10. Hypothesis testing with one-way ANOVA: comparing three or more groups
Ch. 11. Two-way ANOVA: understanding interactions
Ch. 12. Beyond hypothesis testing: confidence intervals, effect size and power
Ch. 13. Chi square: expectations versus observations
Ch. 14. Beyond chi square: nonparametric tests with ordinal data
Ch. 15. Choosing a statistical test and reporting the results: the process of statistics.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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