Statistics can be tricky, but this revised edition of a highly effective guide to statistics for psychology makes it much easier. Students at all levels, introductory to advanced, will find the jargon-free style and comprehensive yet accessible approach indispensable. The book is laid out with great visual clarity, making it a highly effective teaching and learning tool.
Complex mathematics is kept to a minimum and concepts that are often difficult to grasp are explained step-by-step using a wide variety of examples.
Introduction to Statistics for Psychology
Statistics can be tricky, but this revised edition of Howitt and Cramer's popular guide to statistics for psychology makes it much easier. Students at all levels will find the jargon-free style and comprehensive yet accessible approach indispensable. The book is laid out with great visual clarity, making it a highly effective teaching and learning tool. Complex mathematics is kept to a minimum and concepts that are often difficult to grasp are explained step-by-step, using a wide variety of examples.
- A comprehensive guide to understanding a wide range of statistics
- Economical - the only statistics text students will need
- Meets students' research needs at all stages of their degrees
- Teaches how to choose appropriate statistical tests
- Describes how to analyse data of all sorts
- Provides models of how to report findings
- Flexible modular approach
- Only simple mathematics required
- The best single accessible source for confidence intervals, statistical power, reliability, meta-analysis, log-linear and other advanced techniques
- Web-based supplementary materials available at www.booksites.net/howitt
Dennis Howitt and Duncan Cramer are both Readers in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University.