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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779042503321

Autore

Cumming Geoff

Titolo

Understanding the new statistics : effect sizes, confidence intervals, and meta-analysis / / Geoff Cumming

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-65918-8

1-136-65919-6

0-203-80700-6

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 537 p.)

Collana

Multivariate applications series

Classificazione

MAT 620f

SK 850

MR 2100

QH 231

Disciplina

300.727

Soggetti

Psychology, Experimental - Statistical methods

Multivariate analysis

Confidence intervals

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

Understanding The New Statistics Effect Sizes, Confidence Intervals, And Meta-Analysis; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction to The New Statistics; 2. From Null Hypothesis Significance Testing to Effect Sizes; 3. Confidence Intervals; 4. Confidence Intervals, Error Bars, and p Values; 5. Replication; 6. Two Simple Designs; 7. Meta-Analysis 1: Introduction and Forest Plots; 8. Meta-Analysis 2: Models; 9. Meta-Analysis 3: Larger-Scale Analyses; 10. The Noncentral t Distribution; 11. Cohen's d; 12. Power; 13. Precision for Planning

14. Correlations, Proportions, and Further Effect Size Measures15. More Complex Designs and The New Statistics in Practice; Glossary; Commentary on Selected Exercises; Appendices; References; Copyright Permissions; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This is the first book to introduce the new statistics - effect sizes, confidence intervals, and meta-analysis - in an accessible way. It is chock full of practical examples and tips on how to analyze and report research results using these techniques. The book is invaluable to



readers interested in meeting the new APA Publication Manual guidelines by adopting the new statistics - which are more informative than null hypothesis significance testing, and becoming widely used in many disciplines.Accompanying the book is the Exploratory Software for Confidence Interval