Serious Stats A guide to advanced statistics for the behavioral sciences

by Baguley, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780230577183
• ISBN10: 0230577180
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-08-07
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

Ideal for experienced students and researchers in the social sciences who wish to refresh or extend their understanding of statistics, and to apply advanced statistical procedures using SPSS or R. Key theory is reviewed and illustrated with examples of how to apply these concepts using real data.

Author Biography

THOMAS BAGULEY is Professor of Experimental Psychology at Nottingham Trent University. He is an experimental psychologist working particularly on the statistical or mathematical modeling of long-term memory and spatial cognition. He has over 20 years teaching and research experience and is Editor of the British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Data, samples and statistics
Chapter 2 Probability distributions
Chapter 3 Confidence intervals
Chapter 4 Significance tests
Chapter 5 Regression
Chapter 6 Correlation and covariance
Chapter 7 Effect size
Chapter 8 Statistical power
Chapter 9 Exploring messy data
Chapter 10 Dealing with messy data
Chapter 11 Alternatives to classical statistical inference
Chapter 12 Multiple regression and the general linear model
Chapter 13 ANOVA and ANCOVA with independent measures
Chapter 14 Interactions
Chapter 15 Contrasts
Chapter 16 Repeated measures ANOVA
Chapter 17 Modelling discrete outcomes
Chapter 18 Multilevel models