Straightforward statistics : understanding the tools of research / Glenn Geher, Sara Hall.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, (c)2014.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780199395798
- BF39 .S773 2014
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Straightforward Statistics: Understanding the Tools of Research is a clear and direct introduction to statistics for the social, behavioral, and life sciences. Based on the author's extensive experience teaching undergraduate statistics, this book provides a narrative presentation of the core principles that provide the foundation for modern-day statistics. With step-by-step guidance on the nuts and bolts of computing these statistics, the book includes detailed tutorials how to use state-of-the-art software, SPSS, to compute the basic statistics employed in modern academic and applied researc.
Why Do I Need to Learn Statistics? -- Describing a Single Variable -- Standardized Scores -- Correlation -- Statistical Prediction and Regression -- The Basic Elements of Hypothesis Testing -- Introduction to Hypothesis Testing -- Hypothesis Testing if N> 1 -- Statistical Power -- t-tests (One-Sample and Within-Groups) -- The Between-Groups t-test -- Analysis of Variance -- Chi-Square and hypothesis-testing with categorical variables.
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