Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science (4 Volumes) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470860804 ISBN 13: 9780470860809

Publisher: Wiley, 2005

Synopsis

The Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science encompasses the refined statistical concepts and techniques that are essential to the advancement in psychology and its ever-widening fields of application. * Providing comprehensive accounts drawn from the huge expansion of statistical methodologies in the behavioral sciences, highlighting new techniques and developments from the past decade.* Up-to-date coverage of developing fields including neuroscience, behavioral genetics, decision learning and cognitive science.* Containing over 600 articles and over 400 contributions from eminent psychologists and statisticians world-wide.* Emphasis on practical, non-technical methods with wide ranging application.* Extensively cross-referenced to ensure fast and accurate access to available information Representing an invaluable addition to both the psychological and statistical literature, the Encyclopedia of Statistics in Behavioral Science forms an essential reference work for researchers, educators and students in the fields of applied psychology, sociology, market research, consumer behavior, management science, decision making and human resource management. For further details please visit: www.wiley.com/go/eosbs

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I congratulate the editors for a job well done. The coverage is thorough and accurate, and the levels are well matched to the anticipated readers. (Journal of the American Statistical Association)

"...valuable for researcher[s], educators, and students in...neuroscience, behavior genetics, and the cognitive sciences...as well as for those in the fields of sociology, management sciences, market research, and human resources." (American Reference Books Annual, March 2007)

"All libraries catering for post-16-year-olds should encourage their readers to work through these elementary texts." (Reference Reviews, 2006)

About the Author:

Brian Everitt , now retired, was most recently Professor of Statistics in Behavioural Science and Head of the Department of Biostatistics and Computing at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK. He is joint editor (with Dr. G. Dunn and Professor T. Holford) of the journal Statistical Methods in Medical Research and a Section Editor of the Encyclopedia of Biostatistics published in 1998 by Wiley. His academic interests include multivariate analysis, in particular cluster analysis, the analysis of longitudinal data and graphical techniques. David Howell is Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA. His primary interests are in the field of statistics and experimental methods. Although retired since 2002 he continues to publish in the area of statistical methods. The 5th edition of Fundamental Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (Duxbury Press) published in 2004 and a new book on categorical data analysis is in preparation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0470860804
• ISBN 13: 9780470860809
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 2368
• Editor: Everitt Brian S., Howell David