Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences - 2nd Edition - by Gregory J. Privitera - ISBN 9781452286907

Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
2nd Edition
Gregory J. Privitera
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
ISBN: 9781452286907

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Chapter 2.10 - Graphing Distributions: Discrete And Categorical DataChapter 3 - Summarizing Data: Central TendencyChapter 3.1 - Introduction To Central TendencyChapter 3.2 - Measures Of Central TendencyChapter 3.3 - Characteristics Of The MeanChapter 3.4 - Choosing An Appropriate Measure Of Central TendencyChapter 4 - Summarizing Data: VariabilityChapter 4.3 - Research In Focus: Reporting The RangeChapter 4.4 - Quartiles And InterquartilesChapter 4.5 - The VarianceChapter 4.6 - Explaining Variance For Populations And SamplesChapter 4.7 - The Computational Formula For VarianceChapter 4.8 - The Standard DeviationChapter 4.10 - Characteristics Of The Standard DeviationChapter 5 - ProbabilityChapter 5.2 - Calculating ProbabilityChapter 5.3 - Probability And Relative FrequencyChapter 5.4 - The Relationship Between Multiple OutcomesChapter 5.5 - Conditional Probabilities And Bayes’s TheoremChapter 5.7 - Probability DistributionsChapter 5.10 - The Variance And Standard Deviation Of A Probability DistributionChapter 5.11 - Expected Value And The Binomial DistributionChapter 6 - Probability, Normal Distributions, And Z ScoresChapter 6.3 - Research In Focus: The Statistical NormChapter 6.5 - The Unit Normal Table: A Brief IntroductionChapter 6.6 - Locating ProportionsChapter 6.7 - Locating ScoresChapter 6.9 - Going From Binomial To NormalChapter 6.10 - The Normal Approximation To The Binomial DistributionChapter 7 - Probability And Sampling DistributionsChapter 7.1 - Selecting Samples From PopulationsChapter 7.2 - Selecting A Sample: Who’s In And Who’s Out?Chapter 7.3 - Sampling Distributions: The MeanChapter 7.4 - Sampling Distributions: The VarianceChapter 7.8 - Apa In Focus: Reporting The Standard ErrorChapter 7.9 - Standard Normal Transformations With Sampling DistributionsChapter 8 - Hypothesis Testing: Significance, Effect Size, And PowerChapter 8.1 - Inferential Statistics And Hypothesis TestingChapter 8.2 - Four Steps To Hypothesis TestingChapter 8.3 - Hypothesis Testing And Sampling DistributionsChapter 8.4 - Making A Decision: Types Of ErrorChapter 8.6 - Research In Focus: Directional Versus Nondirectional TestsChapter 8.7 - Measuring The Size Of An Effect: Cohen’s DChapter 8.8 - Effect Size, Power, And Sample SizeChapter 9 - Testing Means: One-sample And Two-independent-sample T TestsChapter 9.3 - Reading The T TableChapter 9.4 - One-sample T TestChapter 9.5 - Effect Size For The One-sample T TestChapter 9.7 - Two-independent-sample T TestChapter 9.8 - Effect Size For The Two-independent-sample T TestChapter 10 - Testing Means: The Related-samples T TestChapter 10.1 - Related And Independent SamplesChapter 10.2 - Introduction To The Related-samples T TestChapter 10.3 - The Related-samples T Test: Repeated-measures DesignChapter 10.5 - The Related-samples T Test: Matched-pairs DesignChapter 10.6 - Measuring Effect Size For The Related-samples T TestChapter 11 - Estimation And Confidence IntervalsChapter 11.2 - The Process Of EstimationChapter 11.3 - Estimation For The One-sample Z TestChapter 11.5 - Spss In Focus: Confidence Intervals For The One-sample T TestChapter 11.9 - Spss In Focus: Confidence Intervals For The Related-samples T TestChapter 11.10 - Characteristics Of Estimation: Precision And CertaintyChapter 12 - Analysis Of Variance: One-way Between-subjects DesignChapter 12.2 - An Introduction To Analysis Of VarianceChapter 12.4 - Degrees Of FreedomChapter 12.6 - What Is The Next Step?Chapter 12.7 - Post Hoc ComparisonsChapter 12.9 - Measuring Effect SizeChapter 13 - Analysis Of Variance: One-way Within-subjects (repeated-measures) DesignChapter 13.3 - Degrees Of FreedomChapter 13.4 - The One-way Within-subjects AnovaChapter 13.5 - Post Hoc Comparisons: Bonferroni ProcedureChapter 13.7 - Measuring Effect SizeChapter 13.8 - The Within-subjects Design: Consistency And PowerChapter 14 - Analysis Of Variance: Two-way Between-subjects Factorial DesignChapter 14.3 - Designs For The Two-way AnovaChapter 14.4 - Describing Variability: Main Effects And InteractionsChapter 14.5 - The Two-way Between-subjects AnovaChapter 14.6 - Analyzing Main Effects And InteractionsChapter 14.7 - Measuring Effect SizeChapter 15 - CorrelationChapter 15.2 - Describing A CorrelationChapter 15.4 - Spss In Focus: Pearson Correlation CoefficientChapter 15.6 - Limitations In Interpretation: Causality, Outliers, And Restrictions Of RangeChapter 15.8 - Spss In Focus: Spearman Correlation CoefficientChapter 15.10 - Spss In Focus: Point-biserial Correlation CoefficientChapter 15.12 - Spss In Focus: Phi Correlation CoefficientChapter 16 - Linear Regression And Multiple RegressionChapter 16.2 - Fundamentals Of Linear RegressionChapter 16.4 - The Slope And Y-intercept Of A Straight LineChapter 16.5 - Using The Method Of Least Squares To Find The Best FitChapter 16.6 - Using Analysis Of Regression To Determine SignificanceChapter 16.8 - Using The Standard Error Of Estimate To Measure AccuracyChapter 16.9 - Introduction To Multiple RegressionChapter 16.13 - Spss In Focus: Multiple Regression AnalysisChapter 17 - Nonparametric Tests: Chi-square TestsChapter 17.2 - The Chi-square Goodness-of-fit TestChapter 17.3 - Spss In Focus: The Chi-square Goodness-of-fit TestChapter 17.5 - Independent Observations And Expected Frequency SizeChapter 17.6 - The Chi-square Test For IndependenceChapter 17.9 - Spss In Focus: The Chi-square Test For IndependenceChapter 18 - Nonparametric Tests: Tests For Ordinal DataChapter 18.1 - Tests For Ordinal DataChapter 18.3 - Spss In Focus: The Related-samples Sign TestChapter 18.5 - Spss In Focus: The Wilcoxon Signed-ranks T TestChapter 18.7 - Spss In Focus: The Mann-whitney U TestChapter 18.9 - Spss In Focus: The Kruskal-wallis H TestChapter 18.11 - Spss In Focus: The Friedman TestChapter A.1 - Positive And Negative NumbersChapter A.2 - AdditionChapter A.3 - SubtractionChapter A.4 - MultiplicationChapter A.5 - DivisionChapter A.6 - FractionsChapter A.8 - Exponents And RootsChapter A.9 - Order Of ComputationChapter A.10 - Equations: Solving For XChapter A.11 - Summation Notation

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Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, Second Edition, engages students in an ongoing spirit of discovery by illustrating how statistics apply to modern-day research problems. By integrating robust pedagogy as well as screenshots and practical examples for using IBM SPSS Statistics software, award-winning author Gregory J. Privitera balances statistical theory, computation, and application with the technical instruction needed for students to succeed in the modern era of data collection, analysis, and statistical interpretation. 

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