Statistics Without Maths for Psychology

John Reidy, Christine Dancey (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

520 Seiten

2024 | 9th edition
Pearson Education Limited (Verlag)
978-1-292-46344-5 (ISBN)

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Get to grips with key Statistical concepts Statistics without Maths for Psychology, 9th edition is your essential guide to navigating what can be a daunting topic for Psychology students. This textbook will not only give you a core understanding of Statistics, but will also give you the confidence to analyse data within your studies and beyond.

Statistics without Maths for Psychology 9th edition by John Reidy and Christine Dancey is an essential and accessible guide to Statistics for Psychology.

The no-nonsense, straight-forward approach of this trusted textbook breaks down the key statistical concepts that you need to know without any of the daunting mathematical formulae that can intimidate students when studying research methods and statistics in Psychology. It also guides you through how to use SPSS for your analyses, so that you feel confident to conduct your own future independent research. It is also packed with examples, activities and questions to help you to test your learning and deepen your understanding in a practical and manageable way.

The companion website will also include video walkthroughs of these concepts in Jamovi, in case you or your institution uses this programme for your analysis.

John Reidy is an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Sheffield Hallam University. He was previously Head of Department for the Department of Psychology, Sociology and Politics at Sheffield Hallam University. His research interests include cognition and emotion, health psychology interventions and psychometric testing. Christine P. Dancey was an Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of East London.

Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Variables and research design
2 Introduction to SPSS
3 Descriptive statistics
4 Probability, sampling and distributions
5 Hypothesis testing and statistical significance
6 Correlational analysis: Pearson’s r
7 Analyses of differences between two conditions: the t-test
8 Issues of significance
9 Measures of association
10 Analysis of differences between three or more conditions
11 Analysis of variance with more than one IV
12 Regression analysis
13 Analysis of three or more groups partialling out effects of a covariate
14 Introduction to factor analysis
15 Introduction to multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA)
16 Non-parametric statistics
Answers to activities and SPSS exercises
Appendix 1: Table of z-scores and the proportion of the standard normal distribution falling above and below each score
Appendix 2: Table r to zr
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	22.11.2024
Verlagsort	Harlow
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Test in der Psychologie
ISBN-10	1-292-46344-9 / 1292463449
ISBN-13	978-1-292-46344-5 / 9781292463445
Zustand	Neuware