Statistics for the Social Sciences - A General Linear Model Approach

This textbook uses the general linear model as an organizing system to help students understand similarities across statistical methods.

Sommario

1. Statistics and Models; 2. Levels of Data; 3. Models of Central Tendency and Variability; 4. Visual Models; 5. Linear Transformations and z-Scores; 6. Probability and the Central Limit Theorem; 7. Null Hypothesis Statistical Significance Testing and z-Tests; 8. One-Sample t-Tests; 9. Paired-Samples t-Tests; 10. Unpaired Two-Sample t-Tests; 11. Analysis of Variance; 12. Correlation; 13. Regression; 14. Chi-Squared Test; 15 Applying Statistics to Research, and Advanced Statistical Methods.

Info autore

Russell T. Warne is an associate professor of psychology at Utah Valley University, USA, where he has taught since 2011. He has won awards from the Southwest Educational Research Association, National Association for Gifted Children, and Mensa. He is an associate editor for the Journal for the Education of the Gifted and serves on the editorial boards for Intelligence, the Journal of School Psychology, Gifted Child Quarterly, and the Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. He is also the author of In the Know: Debunking 35 Myths About Human Intelligence (Cambridge University Press).

Riassunto

This textbook introduces statistics using the General Linear Model, a method that shows the interconnections among statistical concepts. The second edition is for undergraduate social science majors in a one-semester statistics course and provides timely updates, building on the success of the first edition.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Russell T Warne, Russell T. Warne, Russell T. (Utah Valley University) Warne
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781108841573
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84157-3
• Pagine: 606
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Matematica > Teoria delle probabilità, stocastica, statistica matematica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; PSYCHOLOGY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Social research & statistics, Probability & statistics, Probability and statistics, Social research and statistics