Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

by Gravetter, Frederick; Wallnau, Larry B.

• ISBN13: 9780534586171
• ISBN10: 0534586171
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-05
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Does the thought of taking a statistics course make your students nervous? Authors Frederick Gravetter and Larry B. Wallnau use interesting real-world examples and applications to quell student fears and to reveal the ESSENTIALS OF STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. This book helps students get beyond thinking of statistics as merely a course they have to take and come to appreciate it as a set of essential tools that helps us make sense of data in our information-driven world. Gravetter and Wallnau skillfully demonstrate that having a basic understanding of a variety of statistical procedures will help students understand published findings, as well as become savvy consumers of information. The authors employ an intuitive, straightforward writing style as well as numerous learning checks, both of which support students' interest in and understanding of the material.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Statistics

2. Frequency Distributions

3. Central Tendency

4. Variability

5. Z-Scores: Location of Scores and Standard Distributions

6. Probability

7. Probability and Samples: The Distribution of Sample Means

8. Introduction to Hypothesis Testing

9. Introduction to the t Statistic

10. Hypothesis Tests with Two Independent Samples

11. Hypothesis Tests with Two Related Samples

12. Estimation

13. Introduction to Analysis of Variance

14. More Advanced Analysis of Variance: Repeated-Measures and Two-Factor Designs

15. Correlation and Regression

16. The Chi-Square Statistic: Tests for Goodness of Fit and Independence