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Statistics for psychology : a beginner's guide / Roger Watt, Elizabeth Collins.

By: Watt, Roger [author.]Contributor(s): Collins, Elizabeth [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : SAGE Publications, c2023Edition: Second editionDescription: xxxii, 356 pages : colored illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 9781529777925 [paperback] ; 9781529777932Subject(s): Psychology -- Statistical methods | Psychology -- Statistical methodsAdditional physical formats: ebook version : No titleDDC classification: Other classification: 77.04

Contents:

1 Why do we need statistics? -- 2 The research cycle -- 3 Variables -- 4 Relationships between variables -- 5 Uncertainty -- 6 Null hypothesis testing -- 7 Statistical tests for one independent variable -- 8 Minimising uncertainty: research design -- 9 Measurements and uncertainty -- 10 Sampling and uncertainty -- 11 Hypotheses with more than one independent variable -- 12 Covariations: relationships between two independent variables -- 13 Analysing data with two or more independent variables -- 14 Which model is best? -- 15 Contributing to knowledge.

Summary: "Statistics for Psychology is an interactive highly visual and accessible guide to the statistical practices you will encounter as a psychology student. Its software agnostic approach keeps the focus on the core principles rather than getting bogged down in complicated formulae and jargon. This book is based on the authors BPS commended programme. It focusses on providing the strong foundational understanding you all need to use statistics confidently and creatively rather than the software-specific way in which statistics is often taught. from the Publishers website." --Provided by the publisher

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Item type	Current location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference (MAIN)	Extension Library	150.72 W34 2023 (Browse shelf)	Available		3UCBL000027318

Previous edition: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Statistics for Psychology is an interactive highly visual and accessible guide to the statistical practices you will encounter as a psychology student. Its software agnostic approach keeps the focus on the core principles rather than getting bogged down in complicated formulae and jargon. This book is based on the authors BPS commended programme. It focusses on providing the strong foundational understanding you all need to use statistics confidently and creatively rather than the software-specific way in which statistics is often taught. from the Publishers website." --Provided by the publisher