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Informationen zum Autor Judith Greene was previously Professor of Cognitive Psychology at the Open University. Manuela D'Oliveira is presently teaching in Portugal - she teaches at the university in Porto and also in Lisbon. Klappentext Praise for the first edition: "An excellent textbook which is well planned, well written, and pitched at the correct level for psychology students. I would not hesitate to recommend Greene and d'Oliveira to all psychology students looking for an introductory text on statistical methodology." Bulletin of the British Psychological Society Learning to Use Statistical Tests in Psychology third edition has been updated throughout. It continues to be a key text in helping students to understand and conduct statistical tests in psychology without panic! It takes students from the most basic elements of statistics teaching them: How psychologists plan experiments and statistical testsWhich considerations must be made when planning experimentsHow to analyze and comprehend test resultsLike the previous editions, this book provides students with a step-by-step guide to the simplest non-parametric tests through to more complex analysis of variance designs. There are clear summaries in progress boxes and questions for the student to answer in order to be sure that they have understood what they have read. The new edition is divided into four discrete sections and within this structure each test covered is illustrated through a chapter of its own. The sections cover:The principles of psychological research and psychological statisticsStatistical tests for experiments with two or three conditionsStatistical tests based on ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) conditions as well as tests for multiple comparisons between individual conditionsStatistical tests to analyze relationships between variables Presented in a student-friendly textbook format, Learning to Use Psychological Tests in Psychology enables readers to select and use the most appropriate statistical tests to evaluate the significance of data obtained from psychological experiments. An errata sheet detailing the Decision Chart which is referred to can be downloaded by clicking here Zusammenfassung This book provides students with a step-by-step guide to the simplest non-parametric tests through to more complex analysis of variance designs. There are clear summaries in progress boxes and questions for the student to answer in order to be sure that they have understood what they have read. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface to the third edition Study guide for students Acknowledgements Part I Introduction 1Research in psychology 2Experiments in psychology 3Selecting statistical tests 4Using statistical tests Part II Statistical tests for experiments 5Introduction to non-parametric tests 6Wilcoxin test (related) 7Mann-Whitney test (unrelated) 8Introduction to parametric t tests 9t test (related) 10t test (unrelated) 11Friedman test (related) 12Kruskal-Wallis (unrelated) Part III Analysis of Variance 13Introduction to ANOVA 14One-way ANOVA (unrelated) 15One-way ANOVA (related) 16Comparisons between ANOVA conditions 17Introduction to two-way ANOVA 18Two-way ANOVA (unrelated) 19Two-way ANOVA (related) Part IV Relationships between variables 20Chi square 21Pearson product moment correlation 22Introduction to simple linear regression 23Multiple regression 24General Linear Model Answers to questions Recommended reading References Statistical tables Decision Chart: inside back cover ...
