Student Study Guide With IBM® SPSS® Workbook for Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences - Softcover

Privitera, Gregory J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1544305990 ISBN 13: 9781544305998

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2017

Synopsis

The Student Study Guide With SPSS Workbook for Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences includes a review of chapter learning objectives, chapter outlines and key terms, essential statistical formulas, helpful tips and insights for students, and chapter summaries. To help students practice skills, the guide offers word searches and crossword puzzles for each chapter, extensive practice quizzes linked to chapter learning objectives, and "SPSS in Focus" exercises which complement those in the book.

About this title

About the Author

Gregory J. Privitera is a three-time national-award-winning author and a professor of psychology at St. Bonaventure University where he is a recipient of its highest teaching honor, The Award for Professional Excellence in Teaching, and its highest honor for scholarship, The Award for Professional Excellence in Research and Publication. Dr. Privitera received his PhD in behavioral neuroscience in the field of psychology at the State University of New York at Buffalo and continued with his postdoctoral research at Arizona State University. His texts span diverse topics in psychology and the behavioral sciences and include an introductory psychology text, three statistics texts, two research methods texts, and multiple other texts bridging knowledge creation across health, health care, and analytics. In addition, Dr. Privitera has authored more than three dozen peer-reviewed papers aimed at advancing our understanding of health, health literacy, and informing policy in health care. His research has earned recognition by the American Psychological Association and in media to include Oprah’s Magazine, Time Magazine and the Wall Street Journal. He mentors a variety of undergraduate research projects at St. Bonaventure University, where dozens of students, many of whom have gone on to earn graduate and doctoral degrees at various institutions, have coauthored and presented research work. In addition to his teaching, research, and advisement, Dr. Privitera is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, is an identical twin, and is married with two daughters, Grace Ann and Charlotte Jane, and two sons, Aiden Andrew and Luca James. 

 

From the Back Cover

Using a conversational tone, the author speaks to the reader as a researcher when covering statistical theory, computation, and application, giving them the confidence to use statistics to summarize data and make decisions about behaviour.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1544305990
• ISBN 13: 9781544305998
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 512