Statistics in Psychology: Explanations without Equations

ISBN-13: 9780230247499 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 208 str.

Stephen Jones

Opis

A refreshing and much-needed introduction to statistics in psychology for students who 'don't get numbers'. Jones breaks from the traditional, numerical approaches, drawing on non-numerical examples and scenarios from both psychological literature and everyday life to explain key statistical concepts. This is an ideal companion to core textbooks.

Spis treści

PART I: VARIABLES AND PARTICIPANTS Variables and their Measurement Research Design Summary Self-Test PART II: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS Summarising Findings via Measures of Central Tendency Summarising Findings via Measures of Dispersion Summarising Findings via Standardising Scores Summary Self-Test PART III: PRELUDE TO TESTING Populations, Samples and Standard Errors Hypothesis Testing, Probability and Statistical Significance Parametric Assumptions Narrative Summary Self-Test PART IV: INFERENTIAL STATISTICS Parametric Testing Non-Parametric Testing (Ordinal) Non-Parametric Testing (Nominal) Summary Self-Test.

O autorze

STEPHEN JONES is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the West of England, UK, where he has been teaching Experimental Psychology, Research Methods and Statistics for the past ten years. He is a Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Scientist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.