Psychology Statistics For Dummies

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Analyse by inference - master key methods in inferential statistics, including techniques for analysing independent groups designs and repeated-measures research designs

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The majority of the content in the text seems accurate. There is an error in the effect size formula for Chapter 9 - it shows the calculation for t instead of d. Statistics changes little over time, so this book can be a standard for years to come. If APA format needs to be adjusted or examples (in the text and end-of-chapter problems) need to be updated, that can be easily done.

A z-score describes the position of a raw score in terms of its distance from the mean when measured in standard deviation units. It is also known as a standard score because it allows the comparison of scores on different variables by standardizing the distribution. The z-score is positive if the value lies above the mean and negative if it lies below the mean. I would have liked sections in the text explaining how the results would have been presented in an APA format write-up. I think that would add context for students to see how these results are used beyond running numbers, and this also allows them better understanding of how all the parts of the analysis fit together - descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, effect size, and confidence intervals. I believe most statistics texts include this information. This work was created as part of the University Libraries’ Open Educational Resources Initiative at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Variables apply to experimental investigations. The independent variable is the variable the experimenter manipulates or changes. The dependent variable is the variable being tested and measured in an experiment, and is 'dependent' on the independent variable.

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I think this text is written at an appropriate level for the target audience and appropriate context is introduced when covering technical terminology. I particularly liked the visual of the distribution balancing on a triangle to show symmetrical and asymmetrical distributions (Chapter 3). The text was quite clear. The authors’ voices and senses of humor come out throughout the text making it a very enjoyable read. The introduction to statistics that psychology students can't afford to be without Understanding statistics is a requirement for obtaining and making the most of a degree in psychology, a fact of life that often takes first year psychology students by surprise. Filled with jargon-free explanations and real-life examples, Psychology Statistics For Dummies makes the often-confusing world of statistics a lot less baffling, and provides you with the step-by-step instructions necessary for carrying out data analysis.

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An Introduction to Psychological Statistics ( https://irl.umsl.edu/oer/4/). Garett C. Foster, University of Missouri–St. Louis. I am torn about the use of the X-bar to represent the sample mean. For students who will be moving on to more advanced statistics the use of X-bar would be helpful, but there is a small proportion of my students who move on to more advanced statistics. The norm in social statistics is now to use the M for the sample mean and my students may be confused as they move into the research methods lab course and are presented with M instead of X-bar. The RRP is the suggested or Recommended Retail Price of a product, set by the publisher or manufacturer. Pros include: End-of-chapter exercises with answers to odd numbered problems, the most common measures of effect size are used (e.g., Uses Cohen’s d for z and t-tests, eta squared for ANOVA, Cramer’s V for chi-square), focus in correlations chapter is on Pearson correlation rather than Spearman (or other types of correlations) which is appropriate given that Pearson correlations are the type overwhelmingly used in psychological research. The hypotheses are written out in words (as you would in a psychological research report) and not just mathematical symbols.Reviewed by Chrislyn Randell, Professor, Metropolitan State University of Denver on 12/3/20, updated 2/26/21 Digital Reads A Curse For True Love : the thrilling final book in the Once Upon a Broken Heart series Reviewed by Scott Frankowski, Assistant professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley on 11/15/22 Organization is good and is fairly standard for the flow of a stats class. Personally, I'd prefer to start with correlation and regression, but how it is works. The is not indexed for a pdf reader making unusable for a course. Adding bookmarks to each chapter and chapter sub-sections would make the text much more usable.