Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Statistics.
2. Statistics and the Research Process.
3. Frequency Distributions and Percentiles.
4. Measures of Central Tendency: The Mean, Median, and Mode.
5. Measures of Variability: Range, Variance, and Standard Deviation.
6. z-Scores and the Normal Curve.
7. The Correlation Coefficient.
8. Linear Regression.
9. Using Probability to Make Decisions about Data.
10. Introduction to Hypothesis Testing.
11. Performing the One-Sample t-Test and Testing Correlation Coefficients.
12. The Two-Sample t-Test.
13. The One-Way Analysis of Variance.
14. The Two-Way Analysis of Variance.
15. Chi Square and Other Nonparametric Procedures.
Appendix A: Nonparametric Procedures for Ranked Data.
Appendix B: Using SPSS.
Appendix C: Tables.

About the Author

Gary Heiman is a professor at Buffalo State College. Praised by reviewers and adopters for his readable prose and effective pedagogical skills, he has written four books for Houghton Mifflin (now Cengage Learning): STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY, UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS, AND ESSENTIAL STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. He received his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Bowling Green State University.

Reviews

1. Introduction to Statistics. 2. Statistics and the Research Process. 3. Frequency Distributions and Percentiles. 4. Measures of Central Tendency: The Mean, Median, and Mode. 5. Measures of Variability: Range, Variance, and Standard Deviation. 6. z-Scores and the Normal Curve. 7. The Correlation Coefficient. 8. Linear Regression. 9. Using Probability to Make Decisions about Data. 10. Introduction to Hypothesis Testing. 11. Performing the One-Sample t-Test and Testing Correlation Coefficients. 12. The Two-Sample t-Test. 13. The One-Way Analysis of Variance. 14. The Two-Way Analysis of Variance. 15. Chi Square and Other Nonparametric Procedures. Appendix A: Nonparametric Procedures for Ranked Data. Appendix B: Using SPSS. Appendix C: Tables.