This field-leading introduction to statistics for the behavioral and social sciences text continues to offer straightforward instruction, accuracy, built-in learning aids, and real-world examples. The goals of STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 9E, Int. ed. are to teach the methods of statistics and convey the basic principles of objectivity and logic that are essential for science- and valuable in everyday life. Authors Frederick Gravetter and Larry Wallnauhelp students understand statistical procedures through a conceptual context that explains why the procedures were developed and when they should be used. Students have numerous opportunities to practice statistical techniques through learning checks, examples, step-by-step demonstrations, and problems. Apliaâ„ó, an assignable, gradeable online homework solution, joins an already-robustset of available book resources that includes WebTutorâ„ó, an Instructor's Manual/Test Bank, and more. INDICE: Part I: INTRODUCTION AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS..1. Introduction to Statistics..2. Frequency Distributions..3. Central Tendency..4. Variability..Part II: FOUNDATIONS OF INFERENTIAL STATISTICS..5. z-Scores: Location of Scores and Standardized Distributions..6. Probability..7. Probability and Samples:The Distribution of Sample Means..8. Introduction to Hypothesis Testing..PartIII: USING t STATISTICS FOR INFERENCES ABOUT POPULATION MEANS AND MEAN DIFFERENCES..9. Introduction to the t Statistics..10. The t Test for Two IndependentSamples..11. The t Test for Two Related Samples..Part IV: ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE: TESTS FOR DIFFERENCES AMONG TWO OR MORE POPULATION MEANS..12. Introduction to Analysis of Variance..13. Repeated-Measures Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)..14. Two-Factor Analysis of Variance (Independent Measures)..Part V: CORRELATIONS AND NON-PARAMETRIC TESTS..15. Correlation..16. Introduction to Regression..17. The Chi-Square Statistic: Tests for Goodness of Fit and Independence..18. The Binomial Test..19. How to Decide Which Statistics Technique Is Appropriate for a Given Data Set.
- ISBN: 978-1-111-83955-0
- Editorial: South Western
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- Fecha Publicación: 03/01/2012
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