Description
Book SynopsisDesigned for those approaching this subject for the first time, Easy Statistics in Psychology is a short, readable guide to the ideas behind statistical formulae and the benefits that a rigorous statistical approach brings to psychological research. Packed with useful analogies, it helps students get beyond the numbers.
Trade Review"The book achieves a great deal in a short space, and I am sure many readers will find it extremely useful.... This is an unusual and generally well-written book that will be valuable for those who want their statistical understanding to come from words rather than numbers or mathematics." (
Psychology Learning and Teaching, Autumn 2008)
Table of ContentsPreface ix
Acknowledgement xi
1 An Introduction to Measuring Things 1
2 Variance and More 11
3 Probability, Power and Error 23
4 First Steps in Inferential Testing 43
5 Analysis of Variance 51
6 Correlation and Regression 71
7 Factor Analysis 75
8 Goodness of Fit and Chi-Squared 101
9 Non-parametric Tests 111
10 Rarely Used Tests in the Seedy Underbelly of Statistics 115
References 125
Further Reading 127
Index 129
