Statistical Methods for Psychology

by Howell, David C.

• ISBN13: 9780495012870
• ISBN10: 0495012874
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-08
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

STATISTICAL METHODS FOR PSYCHOLOGY surveys the statistical techniques commonly used in the behavioral and social sciences, especially psychology and education. To help students gain a better understanding of the specific statistical hypothesis tests that are covered throughout the text, author David Howell emphasize conceptual understanding. Along with a significantly updated discussion of effect sizes and examples on how to write up the results of data analysis, this Sixth Edition continues to focus students on two key themes that are the cornerstones of this book's success: the importance of looking at the data before beginning a hypothesis test, and the importance of knowing the relationship between the statistical test in use and the theoretical questions being asked by the experiment.

Table of Contents

Basic Concepts

Describing and Exploring Data

The Normal Distribution

Sampling Distributions and Hypothesis Testing

Basic Concepts of Probability

Categorical Data and Chi-Square

Hypothesis Tests Applied to Means

Power

Correlation and Regression

Alternative Correlational Techniques

Simple Analysis of Variance

Multiple Comparisons Among Treatment Means

Factorial Analysis of Variance

Repeated-Measures Designs

Multiple Regression

Analyses Of Variance and Covariance as General Linear Models

Log-Linear Analysis

Resampling and Nonparametric Approaches to Data

Appendices

References

Answers to Selected Exercises

Index

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