Experimental Design and Statistics for Psychology: A First
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sani, Fabio / Todman, John, PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing Prong>ofong>essional, "Experimental Design and Statistics for ong>Psychologyong>: A First Course" is a concise, straighforward and accessible introduction to ong>theong> design ong>ofong> ong>psychologyong> experiments and ong>theong> statistical tests used to make sense ong>ofong> ong>theong>ir results. Makes abundant use ong>ofong> charts, diagrams and figures. Assumes no prior knowledge ong>ofong> statistics. Invaluable to all ong>psychologyong> students needing a firm grasp ong>ofong> ong>theong> basics, but tackling ong>ofong> some ong>ofong> ong>theong> topic's more complex, controversial issues will also fire ong>theong> imagination ong>ofong> more ambitious students. Covers different aspects ong>ofong> experimental design, including dependent versus independent variables, levels ong>ofong> treatment, experimental control, random versus systematic errors, and within versus between subjects design. Provides detailed instructions on how to perform statistical tests with SPSS. Downloadable instructor resources to supplement and support your lectures can be found at www.blackwellpublishing.com/sani and include sample chapters, test questions, SPSS data sets, and figures and tables from ong>theong> book.