Introduction to Statistics in Behavioral Science (Reprint Edition)

Author: Pagan
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: This book provides a detailed introduction to statistics in behavioral science in its original English version. The book is divided into three parts: 1. Overview; 2. Descriptive Statistics, including: Basic mathematical and measurement concepts; Frequency distributions; Measures of central tendency and variability; Normal curve and standard scores; Correlation; Linear regression; 3. Statistical Inference, including: Random sampling and probability; Binomial distribution; Introduction to hypothesis testing using the sign test; Power; Sampling distributions, sampling distributions of means, and normal deviation tests; One-sample t-test; t-tests for correlated and independent groups; Introduction to analysis of variance; Multiple comparisons; Introduction to two-way analysis of variance; Chi-square and other nonparametric tests; Overview of inferential statistics; Appendix.