1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454552103321

Autore

Smithson Michael

Titolo

Statistics with confidence [[electronic resource] /] / Michael Smithson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2000

ISBN

0-7619-6030-9

0-585-38674-9

1-282-02052-8

9786612020520

1-84920-273-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (461 p.)

Collana

SAGE foundations of psychology series

Disciplina

150.15195

150.727

Soggetti

Psychometrics

Psychology - Statistical methods

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Uncertainty and Psychological Research; 2 Variables and Measurement; 3 Exploring, Describing, Displaying and Summarizing; 4 Research Design and Probability; 5 Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals; 6 Statistical Models and Significance Tests; 7 Predicting a Quantitiave Variable from a Categorical Variable: The t-Test and Analysis of Variance; 8 Quantitative Predictors: Regression and Correlation; 9 Predicting Categorical Variables: Contingency Tables and Chi-Square; 10 More than Two Variables: A Peek at Multivariate Analysis

11 Putting Statistics into PerspectiveReferences; Answers to Selected Questions and Exercises; Appendix - Statistical Tables; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In a new approach, Michael Smithson corrects some widely acknowledged problems associated with traditional approaches to psychometrics in the psychology setting. The author assumes the reader has a basic understanding of statistics.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777515503321

Autore

Austin James H. <1925->

Titolo

Zen-brain reflections : reviewing recent developments in meditation and states of consciousness / / James H. Austin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass. : , : MIT Press, , 2006

©2006

ISBN

1-282-09713-X

9786612097133

0-262-26747-0

1-4294-7718-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvii, 586 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

294.3/422

Soggetti

Meditation - Buddhism - Physiological aspects

Meditation - Buddhism - Psychology

Consciousness - Religious aspects - Zen Buddhism

Zen Buddhism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Starting to point toward Zen Meditating Neurologizing Exploring states of consciousness Quickening The absorptions Insightful awakenings Openings into being; and beyond to the stage of ongoing Enlightened traits Pointing at moonlight : allusions and illusions In closing

Sommario/riassunto

A sequel to the popular Zen and the Brain further explores pivotal points of intersection in Zen Buddhism, neuroscience, and consciousness.