Understanding Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences - Hardcover

Pagano, Robert R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534617670 ISBN 13: 9780534617677

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2003

Synopsis

Takes an intuitive concept-based approach to descriptive and inferential statistics. It uses the sign test to introduce inferential statistics, empirically derived sampling distributions, many visual aids and lots of interesting examples to promote student understanding, even for those who are not mathematically inclined.

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Review

Part I: OVERVIEW. 1. Statistics and Scientific Method. Part II: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS. 2. Basic Mathematical and Measurement Concepts. 3. Frequency Distributions. 4. Measures of Central Tendency and Variability. 5. The Normal Curve and Standard Scores. 6. Correlation. 7. Linear Regression. Part III: INFERENTIAL STATISITCS. 8. Random Sampling and Probability. 9. Binomial Distribution. 10. Introduction to Hypothesis Testing Using the Sign Test. 11. Power. 12. Sampling Distributions, Sampling Distribution of the Mean, the Normal Deviate (z) Test. 13. Student's t-Test for Single Samples. 14. Student's t-Test for Correlated and Independent Groups. 15. Introduction to the Analysis of Variance. 16. Introduction to Two-Way Analysis of Variance. 17. Chi-Square and Other Nonparametric Tests. 18. Review of Inferential Statistics. Appendix A: Review of Prerequisite Mathematics. Appendix B: Equations. Appendix C: Answers to End-of-Chapter Questions and Problems. Appendix D: Tables. Appendix E: Introduction to SPSS(R).

About the Author

Robert R. Pagano received a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1956 and a Ph.D. in Biological Psychology from Yale University in 1965. He was Assistant Professor and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington, Seattle, from 1965 to 1989. He was Associate Chairman of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh, from 1990 to June 2000. While there, in addition to his other duties, he served as Director of Undergraduate Studies, was the departmental adviser for undergraduate majors, taught both undergraduates and graduate statistics courses, and served as a statistical consultant for departmental faculty. Pagano was also Director of the Statistical Cores for two NIH center grants in schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease. He retired from the University of Pittsburgh in June 2000. Pagano taught introductory statistics courses at the University of Washington and at the University of Pittsburgh for over thirty years combined. While at the University of Washington, he was a finalist for the Outstanding Teaching award for his instruction of introductory statistics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534617670
• ISBN 13: 9780534617677
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 566