Practical and interactive in nature, this new introduction will give psychology students the confidence to tackle statistics and SPSS head on. The book eases the reader through each statistical test in clear detail, covering the background of each one before discussing when and how to use it. Each step is supported by helpful visuals as well as advice on how to overcome problems.
With a section on how to interpret the findings of each test, and how to write up the results, this is the complete guide to statistics that will take readers through their degree course from beginning to end.
Product Description
Introduction to Statistics and SPSS in Psychology guides the reader carefully and concisely up the statistics staircase to success. Each step is supported by helpful visuals as well as advice on how to overcome problems. Interactive, lively, but never patronising, this is the complete guide to statistics that will take readers through their degree course from beginning to end.
Take a step in the right direction and tackle statistics head on with this visual introduction.
Features + Benefits
Statistics and SPSS are made clear through:
Full colour screenshots illustrating how to run a test in SPSS
Coverage of both ‘Repeated-measures MANOVA’ and ‘Multivariate ANCOVA’
Examples of tests already worked through demonstrating how they’ve been applied to actual psychological research
Nuts and bolts and Take a closer look boxes explaining statistical concepts in more detail
Explanations of how to calculate outcomes manually helping readers to understand the maths behind the tests
Backcover
Introduction to Statistics and SPSS in Psychology guides the reader carefully and concisely up the statistics staircase to success. Each step is supported by helpful visuals as well as advice on how to overcome problems. Interactive, lively, but never patronising, this is the complete guide to statistics that will take readers through their degree course from beginning to end.
Statistics and SPSS are made clear through:
Full colour screenshots illustrating how to run a test in SPSS
Examples of tests already worked through demonstrating how they’ve been applied to actual psychological research
Nuts and bolts and Take a closer look boxes explaining statistical concepts in more detail
Explanations of how to calculate outcomes manually helping readers to understand the maths behind the tests
Take a step in the right direction and tackle statistics head on with this visual introduction.
Visit the companion website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/mayers for crucial datasets, practice activities and more.
Dr Andrew Mayers is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Bournemouth University
"Definitely my go-to statistics textbook, the perfect guide for all levels of undergraduate" - Psychology student, University of Glasgow
"This book provides clear and comprehensive coverage of a wide range of statistical tests used in psychology. It will be of great value to novice and advanced researchers alike." - Dr Richard rowe, University of Sheffield
"This engaging and student-centred book demystifies the challenges of statistics and SPSS for the numerically anxious student." - Dr Kate Bullen, Aberystwyth University
1. Introduction
2. SPSS: The Basics
3. Normal Distribution
4. Significance, effect size, and power
5. Experimental methods - how to choose the correct statistical test
6. Correlation
7. Independent t-test
8. Related t-test
9. Independent one-way ANOVA
10. Repeated-measures one-way ANOVA
11. Independent multi-factorial ANOVA
12. Repeated-measures multi-factorial ANOVA
13. Mixed multi-factorial ANOVA
14. Multivariate analyses
15. Analyses of covariance
16. Linear and multiple linear regression
17. Logistic regression
18. Non-parametric tests
19. Tests for categorical variables
20. Factor analysis
21. Reliability analysis
Introduction to Statistics and SPSS in Psychology guides the reader carefully and concisely up the statistics staircase to success. Each step is supported by helpful visuals as well as advice on how to overcome problems. Interactive, lively, but never patronising, this is the complete guide to statistics that will take readers through their degree course from beginning to end. Take a step in the right direction and tackle statistics head on with this visual introduction.
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With a section on how to interpret the findings of each test, and how to write up the results, this is the complete guide to statistics that will take readers through their degree course from beginning to end.
Product Description
Introduction to Statistics and SPSS in Psychology guides the reader carefully and concisely up the statistics staircase to success. Each step is supported by helpful visuals as well as advice on how to overcome problems. Interactive, lively, but never patronising, this is the complete guide to statistics that will take readers through their degree course from beginning to end.
Take a step in the right direction and tackle statistics head on with this visual introduction.
Features + Benefits
Statistics and SPSS are made clear through:
Full colour screenshots illustrating how to run a test in SPSS
Coverage of both ‘Repeated-measures MANOVA’ and ‘Multivariate ANCOVA’
Examples of tests already worked through demonstrating how they’ve been applied to actual psychological research
Nuts and bolts and Take a closer look boxes explaining statistical concepts in more detail
Explanations of how to calculate outcomes manually helping readers to understand the maths behind the tests
Backcover
Introduction to Statistics and SPSS in Psychology guides the reader carefully and concisely up the statistics staircase to success. Each step is supported by helpful visuals as well as advice on how to overcome problems. Interactive, lively, but never patronising, this is the complete guide to statistics that will take readers through their degree course from beginning to end.
Statistics and SPSS are made clear through:
Full colour screenshots illustrating how to run a test in SPSS
Examples of tests already worked through demonstrating how they’ve been applied to actual psychological research
Nuts and bolts and Take a closer look boxes explaining statistical concepts in more detail
Explanations of how to calculate outcomes manually helping readers to understand the maths behind the tests
Take a step in the right direction and tackle statistics head on with this visual introduction.
Visit the companion website at www.pearsoned.co.uk/mayers for crucial datasets, practice activities and more.
Dr Andrew Mayers is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Bournemouth University
"Definitely my go-to statistics textbook, the perfect guide for all levels of undergraduate" - Psychology student, University of Glasgow
"This book provides clear and comprehensive coverage of a wide range of statistical tests used in psychology. It will be of great value to novice and advanced researchers alike." - Dr Richard rowe, University of Sheffield
"This engaging and student-centred book demystifies the challenges of statistics and SPSS for the numerically anxious student." - Dr Kate Bullen, Aberystwyth University
1. Introduction
2. SPSS: The Basics
3. Normal Distribution
4. Significance, effect size, and power
5. Experimental methods - how to choose the correct statistical test
6. Correlation
7. Independent t-test
8. Related t-test
9. Independent one-way ANOVA
10. Repeated-measures one-way ANOVA
11. Independent multi-factorial ANOVA
12. Repeated-measures multi-factorial ANOVA
13. Mixed multi-factorial ANOVA
14. Multivariate analyses
15. Analyses of covariance
16. Linear and multiple linear regression
17. Logistic regression
18. Non-parametric tests
19. Tests for categorical variables
20. Factor analysis
21. Reliability analysis
Introduction to Statistics and SPSS in Psychology guides the reader carefully and concisely up the statistics staircase to success. Each step is supported by helpful visuals as well as advice on how to overcome problems. Interactive, lively, but never patronising, this is the complete guide to statistics that will take readers through their degree course from beginning to end. Take a step in the right direction and tackle statistics head on with this visual introduction.
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.