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Understanding statistics in the behavioral sciences

Title: Understanding statistics in the behavioral sciences / Robert R. Pagano.
Author: Pagano, Robert R.
Publication: St. Paul : West Pub. Co., ©1986.

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Description

xxi, 486 pages : color illustrations; 27 cm

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Textbooks.

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. xxi.

Contents

pt. 1. Overview: Statistics and scientific method -- pt. 2. Descriptive statistics: Basic mathematical and measurement concepts. Frequency distributions. Measures of central tendency and variability. The normal curve and standard scores. Linear regression. Correlation. -- pt. 3. Inferential statistics: Random sampling and probability. Binomial distribution. Introduction to hypothesis testing using the sign test. Power. Mann-Whitney u test. Sampling distributions, sampling distribution of the mean, the normal deviate (z) test. Student's t test for single samples. Student's t test for correlated and independent groups. Introduction to the analysis of variance. Multiple comparisons. Introduction to two-way analysis of variance. Chi-square and other nonparametric tests. Review of inferential statistics.

ISBN

0314934030
9780314934031

LCCN

85030415

OCLC

ocm13010972
13010972
SCSB-9586606

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library