Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences | 
 enlarge | Authors: Joan Welkowitz, Barry H. Cohen, Robert B. Ewen
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 406319
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 6
Pages: 515
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0471735477
Dewey Decimal Number: 519.50243
EAN: 9780471735472
Publication Date: June 23, 2006
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Product Description
A comprehensive and user-friendly introduction to statistics-now revised and updated
Introductory Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences has had a long and successful history and is a popular and well-respected statistics text. Now in its sixth edition, the text has been thoroughly revised to present all the topics students in the behavioral sciences need in a uniquely accessible format that aids in the comprehension and implementation of the statistical analyses most commonly used in the behavioral sciences.
Using a continuous narrative that explains statistics and tracks a common data set throughout, the authors have developed an innovative approach that makes the material unintimidating and memorable, providing a framework that connects all of the topics in the text and allows for easy comparison of different statistical analyses.
New features in this Sixth Edition include:
* Different aspects of a common data set are used to illustrate the various statistical methods throughout the text, with an emphasis on drawing connections between seemingly disparate statistical procedures and formulas
* Computer exercises based on the same large data set and relevant to that chapter's content. The data set can be analyzed by any available statistical software
* New "Bridge to SPSS" sections at the end of each chapter explain, for those using this very popular statistical package, how to perform that chapter's statistical procedures by computer, and how to translate the output from SPSS
* New chapters on multiple comparisons and repeated-measures ANOVA
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 It is the most understandable statistics book for beginners May 14, 2002
Dr.Ali Atif Bir (Eskisehir Turkey)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have been using this book in my statistics classes since 1990. It is so easy to understand for undergraduate students. Authors give really good examples to explain some complex subjects of statistics. These examples make the book more readable..
more helpful then my grad stats books February 19, 2006
rice_yellow (sf, ca)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
i love the way stats is explained in this book. it really makes life easier for me and helps me to grasp the theory and concepts behind ANOVA's , t-tests, etc....
i find myself constantly going back to this book for reference when my grad stats books were confusing...
really wish grad level books were this good...
I would recommend this book. May 9, 2001
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book was very informative. It explained things clearly and was useful in learning Statistics.
 If only, if only, zero stars were an option! September 18, 2005
N. Kobrowski (Westfield, IN USA)
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Now that we have heard from the instructors, let's hear from the students. This book it utter drivel. (If I thought I could get away with a couple other choice words, I'd use them!)
This book is being used in a doctoral level course. It is overly complicated, unrelenting in its overblown examples and does NOT explain statistics the way anyone needs to use them!
Additionally, this book could use a tutorial on SPSS. NO ONE calculates by hand anymore. (Or if they do, they are nuts and wasting good grant money!) The study guide that was put out with this book is complicated in the extreme, abysmal, explains nothing and assumes much.
Many other books do a better job at explaining Statistics for students who are paralyzed by the mere mention of the word. Instructors who use this book are doing their students a disservice. I would NEVER burden my students (yes, I teach undergrad and graduate level courses!) with any book so deadly. It's only too bad we can't sue the writers of these books and get our money back from them!
(FYI for all who are wondering: I figure I will finish the class with a B and take it gratefully after enlisting the help of a statistician, my husband and several other better reference books.)
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