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An easy guide to psych statistics Looking for an easy-to-read, authoritative resource to help you navigate an undergraduate psychology statistics class?
Psychology Statistics For Dummies walks you through information and techniques you need to know to succeed in your coursework and research projects. You'll explore the SPSS statistics software used to look for patterns in psychological data and find hands-on exercises and examples using real datasets. This book is packed with clear explanations that make this important topic in psychology manageable.
Inside... - Understand SPSS® software
- Conduct data analysis with real examples
- Do hypothesis testing
- Avoid common mistakes
- Choose appropriate statistics for your research
- Interpret outputs with ease
- Accurately report results in APA format
List of contents
Introduction 1
Part 1: Describing Data 1 Chapter 1: Statistics? I Thought This Was Psychology! 7
Chapter 2: Dealing with Different Types of Data. 15
Chapter 3: Inputting Data and Labels in SPSS 23
Chapter 4: Measures of Central Tendency 39
Chapter 5: Measures of Dispersion 51
Chapter 6: Generating Graphs and Charts 65
Part 2: Understanding Statistical Significance 77 Chapter 7: Understanding Probability and Inference 79
Chapter 8: Testing Hypotheses 87
Chapter 9: What's Normal about the Normal Distribution? 97
Chapter 10: Standardized Scores 111
Chapter 11: Effect Sizes and Power 119
Part 3: Analyzing Relationships between Variables 137 Chapter 12: Correlations 139
Chapter 13: Linear Regression 157
Chapter 14: Associations between Discrete Variables 187
Part 4: Analyzing Independent Groups Research Designs 203 Chapter 15: Independent t-Tests and Mann-Whitney Tests 205
Chapter 16: Between-Groups ANOVA 221
Chapter 17: Post-Hoc Tests and Planned Comparisons for Independent Groups Designs 243
Part 5: Analyzing Repeated Measures Research Designs 257 Chapter 18: Paired t-Tests and Wilcoxon Tests 259
Chapter 19: Within-Groups ANOVA 275
Chapter 20: Post-Hoc Tests and Planned Comparisons for Repeated Measures Designs 301
Part 6: The Part of Tens 317 Chapter 21: Ten Tips for Inferential Testing 319
Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Writing a Results Section 323
Index 327
About the author
Donncha Hanna, PhD, is Professor of Mental Health and Psychopathology at Queen's University, Belfast. He is a co-author of
Research Methods in Psychology For Dummies.
Martin Dempster, PhD, is a health psychologist and statistician at Queen's University, Belfast. He's a co-author of
Research Methods in Psychology For Dummies.
