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Easy Statistics in PsychologyNovember 2007, ©2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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Designed for those approaching this subject for the first time, Easy Statistics in Psychology is a short, readable guide to the ideas behind statistical formulae and the benefits that a rigorous statistical approach brings to psychological research. Packed with useful analogies, it helps students get beyond the numbers.
- Focuses on the ideas and practicalities of statistics in psychology, rather than an array of complex numbers and formulas
- Covers the key tests and concepts relevant to the undergraduate student
- Includes a helpful section on the uses and abuses of statistics, outlining when the specific tests can be used and when they should not
- Written by the author of Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A BPS Guide (Blackwell, 2004)
Table of Contents
Preface.
1. An Introduction to Measuring Things.
2. Variance and More.
3. Probability, Power and Error.
4. First Steps in Inferential Testing.
5. Analysis of Variance.
6. Correlation and Regression.
7. Factor Analysis.
8. Goodness of Fit and Chi-Squared.
9. Non-parametric Tests.
10. Rarely Used Tests in the Seedy Underbelly of Statistics.
References.
Further Reading.
Index
Author Information
Mark Forshaw is Principal Lecturer in Psychology at Staffordshire University. He is a Chartered Health Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He is the author of Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A BPS Guide (BPS Blackwell, 2004).
Hallmark Features
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Focuses on the ideas and practicalities of statistics in psychology, as opposed to only the numbers and formulas, helping students understand the thinking behind the statistics
- Covers the main tests and concepts relevant to the undergraduate student, and is packed with useful analogies
- Includes a helpful section on the uses and abuses of statistics, outlining when the specific tests can be used and when they should not
- Written by the author of Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A BPS Guide (Blackwell, 2004)
Reviews
"The book achieves a great deal in a short space, and I am sure many readers will find it extremely useful.... This is an unusual and generally well-written book that will be valuable for those who want their statistical understanding to come from words rather than numbers or mathematics." (Psychology Learning and Teaching, Autumn 2008)
"This text speaks statistics in a psychologist's language. It avoids mathematical rigour and equations and eases the reader into the unfamiliar territory of statistical methodology with the more familiar map of a relaxed conversational style. This approach should be particularly appealing for people from a non-numerate background who are interested in exploring the potential of what statistics can do to help them understand their data."
–Peter Watson, University of Cambridge
"Many psychology students are scared of statistics. In Easy Statistics in Psychology Mark Forshaw attempts to demystify the most common and useful statistics in psychology and make them accessible and perhaps even cuddly. Mark has taught statistics to many undergraduates and it shows, particularly in his use of helpful analogies and his insight into the common, but rarely discussed, errors students make in data entry and in interpretation of the complex output from statistical packages. This book nicely complements other more advanced or technical texts. Most psychology undergraduates will find it helpful; for some it may be a God send."
–Derek Johnston, Professor in Psychology, University of Aberdeen
–Peter Watson, University of Cambridge
"Many psychology students are scared of statistics. In Easy Statistics in Psychology Mark Forshaw attempts to demystify the most common and useful statistics in psychology and make them accessible and perhaps even cuddly. Mark has taught statistics to many undergraduates and it shows, particularly in his use of helpful analogies and his insight into the common, but rarely discussed, errors students make in data entry and in interpretation of the complex output from statistical packages. This book nicely complements other more advanced or technical texts. Most psychology undergraduates will find it helpful; for some it may be a God send."
–Derek Johnston, Professor in Psychology, University of Aberdeen
Available Versions
Easy Statistics in Psychology: A BPS Guide
ISBN 978-1-4051-3957-1
November 2007, ©2007, Wiley-Blackwell
Paperback, 144 pages
US $25.95 
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