Understanding The New Statistics : Effect Sizes, Confidence Intervals, and Meta-Analysis

ISBN-13: 9780415879675 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 536 str.

Geoff Cumming

Opis

This is the first book to introduce the new statistics--effect sizes, confidence intervals, and meta-analysis--in an accessible way. It is chock full of practical examples and tips on how to analyze and report research results using these techniques.

Spis treści

Preface.  About this Book  1. Introduction to The New Statistics  2. From Null Hypothesis Significance Testing to Effect Sizes  3. Confidence Intervals  4. Confidence Intervals, Error Bars, and p Values  5. Replication  6. Two Simple Designs  7. Meta-Analysis 1: Introduction and Forest Plots  8. Meta-Analysis 2: Models  9. Meta-Analysis 3: Large-Scale Analyses  10. The Noncentral t Distribution  11. Cohen's d  12. Power  13. Precision for Planning  14. Correlations, Proportions, and Further Effect Size Measures  15. More Complex Designs and The New Statistics in Practice.  Glossary.  Appendixes A. Loading and Using ESCI.  B. ESCI for the Normal and t Distributions, and Values of z and t.  C. Guide to the ESCI Modules and Pages

O autorze

Geoff Cumming is an Emeritus　Professor in the School of Psychological Science at La Trobe University in Melbourne,　Australia. 　He has taught statistics for more than 40 years at every level from introductory to advanced, and at undergraduate and graduate levels.　He has published numerous journal articles about teaching statistics. 　His research focuses on statistical cognition—the study of how students and researchers understand statistical concepts and how they interpret different　ways to present results. 　He has also studied how statistical reform has been advocated and thwarted. 　He is frequently invited to give his highly successful workshop on the new statistics using his ESCI software at the American Psychological Association’s Annual Convention.　 A Rhodes Scholar, he　received his Doctorate degree in experimental psychology from Oxford University.