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UNINA9910813227103321 |
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Autore |
Smithson Michael |
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Titolo |
Statistics with confidence / / Michael Smithson |
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ISBN |
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0-7619-6030-9 |
0-585-38674-9 |
1-282-02052-8 |
9786612020520 |
1-84920-273-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 446 p.) : ill |
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Collana |
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SAGE foundations of psychology series |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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