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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145694903321

Autore

Sani Fabio <1961->

Titolo

Experimental design and statistics for psychology [[electronic resource] ] : a first course / / Fabio Sani and John Todman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2006

ISBN

1-280-23773-2

9786610237739

0-470-77612-9

1-4051-5038-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (234 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TodmanJohn B

Disciplina

150.724

150/.72/4

519.5

Soggetti

Psychometrics

Experimental design

Psychology - Research - Methodology

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 (p. [215]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Scientific psychology and the research process -- The nature of psychology experiments (I): variables and conditions -- The nature of psychology experiments (II): validity -- Describing data -- Making inferences from data -- Selecting a statistical test -- Tests of significance for nominal data -- Tests of significance for ordinal data (and interval/ratio data when parametric assumptions are not met) -- Tests of significance for interval data -- Correlational studies.

Sommario/riassunto

Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology: A First Course is a concise, straighforward and accessible introduction to the design of psychology experiments and the statistical tests used to make sense of their results.Makes abundant use of charts, diagrams and figures. Assumes no prior knowledge of statistics. Invaluable to all psychology students needing a firm grasp of the basics, but tackling of some of the topic's more complex, controversial issues will also fire the imagination



of more ambitious students. Covers different aspects of ex

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781685303321

Autore

Swirski Peter

Titolo

I sing the body politic [[electronic resource] ] : history as prophecy in contemporary American literature / / edited by Peter Swirski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-7735-8493-5

0-7735-7628-2

9786612866739

1-282-86673-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SwirskiPeter <1963->

Disciplina

813/.5409358

Soggetti

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Literature and history - United States

Literature and society - United States

Motion pictures - United States - History - 20th century

Politics and literature - United States

United States In literature

United States In motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: history repeats itself repeats itself -- Stupidity's progress: Philip Roth and twentieth-century American history / David Rampton -- The historature of the American empire: Joseph Heller's Picture this / Peter Swirski -- The American wars: history and prophecy in Vietnam, the Gulf, and Iraq / Michael Zeitlin -- Spike Lee, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X: the politics of domination and difference / Gordon E. Slethaug -- Living in fictitious times: Michael Moore's awful truth about America / Nicholas Ruddick.

Sommario/riassunto

A critical investigation of the dead ends, dead metaphors, dead bodies, and other historical constants of American politics.