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Autore: | Davis Stephen F. |
Titolo: | Statistics and research methods : becoming a psychological detective / / Stephen F. Davis, Randolph A. Smith |
Pubblicazione: | Harlow, Essex : , : Pearson, , [2014] |
©2014 | |
Edizione: | First edition, Pearson new international edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | II, 545 s : ill |
Disciplina: | 150.72 |
Soggetto topico: | Psychology - Research - Methodology |
Persona (resp. second.): | SmithRandolph A. <1951-> |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- Table of Contents -- 1. The Science of Psychology -- 2. Research Ideas and Hypotheses -- 3. Ethics in Psychological Research -- 4. Basic Statistical Concepts, Frequency Tables, Graphs, Frequency Distributions, and Measures of Central Tendency -- 5. The Basics of Experimentation I: Variables and Control -- 6. Summarizing and Comparing Data: Measures of Variation, Distribution of Means and the Standard Error of the Mean, and z Scores -- 7. The Basics of Experimentation II: Final Considerations, Unanticipated Influences, and Cross-Cultural Issues -- 8. Correlation and Prediction -- 9. Probability, the Normal Curve, and Sampling -- 10. Designing and Conducting Experiments with Two Groups -- 11. Inferential Tests of Significance I: t Tests -- 12. Designing and Conducting Experiments with More than Two Groups -- 13. Analyzing and Interpreting Experiments with More than Two Groups -- 14. Designing and Conducting Experiments with Multiple Independent Variables -- 15. Analyzing and Interpreting Experiments that Have Multiple Independent Variables -- 16. Alternative Research Designs -- 17. Data Transformations and Nonparametric Tests of Significance -- 18. External Validity and Critiquing Experimental Research -- Appendix: Statistical Tables -- Glossary. |
Sommario/riassunto: | For undergraduate Psychology courses in statistics and research methods. A forward-looking text that combines research methods and statistics, this book is valuable for a single course or a two-semester sequence that covers what have traditionally been two separate courses. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Statistics and research methods |
ISBN: | 1-292-05258-9 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910153086803321 |
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