TY - BOOK AU - Privitera,Gregory J. TI - Student study guide with IBM® SPSS® workbook for Essential statistics for the behavioral sciences SN - 9781544307695 AV - HA29 .P7553 2019 U1 - 300.15195 P961 23 PY - 2016///] CY - London PB - SAGE KW - Social sciences KW - Statistical methods KW - Psychology KW - computer programs KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I: Introduction and descriptive statistics. Introduction to statistics -- Summarizing data: frequency distributions in tables and graphs -- Summarizing data: central tendency -- Summarizing data: variability -- Part II: Probability and the foundations of inferential statistics. Probability, normal distribution, and z scores -- Characteristics of the sample mean -- Hypothesis testing: significance, effect size, and power -- Part III: Making inferences about one or two means. Testing means: one-sample t test with confidence intervals -- Testing means: two-independent-sample t test with confidence intervals -- Testing means: the related-samples t test with confidence intervals -- Part IV: Making inferences about the variability of two or more means. One-way analysis of variance: between-subjects and within-subjects (repeated-measures) designs -- Two-way analysis of variance: between-subjects factorial design -- Part V: Making inferences about patterns, prediction, and nonparametric tests. Correlation and linear regression -- Chi-square tests: goodness of fit and the test for independence ER -