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Fundamental Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences

Second Edition
October 2018 | 712 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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Fundamental Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Second Edition, places statistics within the research process, illustrating how they are used to answer questions and test ideas. Students learn not only how to calculate statistics, but also how to interpret and communicate the results of statistical analyses in light of a study’s research hypothesis. Featuring accessible writing and well-integrated research examples, the book gives students a greater understanding of how research studies are conceived, conducted, and communicated.

The Second Edition includes a new chapter on regression; covers how collected data can be organized, presented and summarized; the process of conducting statistical analyses to test research questions, hypotheses, and issues/controversies; and examines statistical procedures used in research situations that vary in the number of independent variables in the study. Every chapter includes learning checks, such as review questions and summary boxes, to reinforce the content students just learned, and exercises at the end of every chapter help assess their knowledge. 

Also new to the Second Edition -- animated video tutorials! Watch the demo video from Chapter 2 now!

Corrections: there are a small number of corrections for the text's Appendix posted here.
 
About the Author
 
Preface to the Second Edition
 
Preface to the First Edition
 
Acknowledgments
 
Companion Site
 
Chapter 1. Introduction to Statistics
1.1 What Is Statistics?

 
1.2 Why Learn Statistics?

 
1.3 Introduction to the Stages of the Research Process

 
1.4 Plan of the Book

 
1.5 Looking Ahead

 
1.6 Summary

 
1.7 Important Terms

 
1.8 Exercises

 
 
Chapter 2. Examining Data: Tables and Figures
2.1 An Example From the Research: Winning the Lottery

 
2.2 Why Examine Data?

 
2.3 Examining Data Using Tables

 
2.4 Grouped Frequency Distribution Tables

 
2.5 Examining Data Using Figures

 
2.6 Examining Data: Describing Distributions

 
2.7 Looking Ahead

 
2.8 Summary

 
2.9 Important Terms

 
2.10 Formulas Introduced in This Chapter

 
2.11 Using IBM SPSS Software

 
2.12 Exercises

 
 
Chapter 3. Measures of Central Tendency
3.1 An Example From the Research: The 10% Myth

 
3.2 Understanding Central Tendency

 
3.3 The Mode

 
3.4 The Median

 
3.5 The Mean

 
3.6 Comparison of the Mode, Median, and Mean

 
3.7 Measures of Central Tendency: Drawing Conclusions

 
3.8 Looking Ahead

 
3.9 Summary

 
3.10 Important Terms

 
3.11 Formulas Introduced in This Chapter

 
3.12 Exercises

 
 
Chapter 4. Measures of Variability
4.1 An Example From the Research: How Many “Sometimes” in an “Always”?

 
4.2 Understanding Variability

 
4.3 The Range

 
4.4 The Interquartile Range

 
4.5 The Variance (s2)

 
4.6 The Standard Deviation (s)

 
4.7 Measures of Variability for Populations

 
4.8 Measures of Variability for Nominal Variables

 
4.9 Measures of Variability: Drawing Conclusions

 
4.10 Looking Ahead

 
4.11 Summary

 
4.12 Important Terms

 
4.13 Formulas Introduced in This Chapter

 
4.14 Using SPSS

 
4.15 Exercises

 
 
Chapter 5. Normal Distributions
5.1 Example: SAT Scores

 
5.2 Normal Distributions

 
5.3 The Standard Normal Distribution

 
5.4 Applying z-Scores to Normal Distributions

 
5.5 Standardizing Frequency Distributions

 
5.6 Looking Ahead

 
5.7 Summary

 
5.8 Important Terms

 
5.9 Formulas Introduced in This Chapter

 
5.10 Exercises

 
 
Chapter 6. Probability and Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
6.1 A Brief Introduction to Probability

 
6.2 Example: Making Heads or Tails of the Super Bowl

 
6.3 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing

 
6.4 Issues Related to Hypothesis Testing: An Introduction

 
6.5 Looking Ahead

 
6.6 Summary

 
6.7 Important Terms

 
6.8 Formulas Introduced in This Chapter

 
6.9 Exercises

 
 
Chapter 7. Testing One Sample Mean
7.1 An Example From the Research: Do You Read Me?

 
7.2 The Sampling Distribution of the Mean

 
7.3 Inferential Statistics: Testing One Sample Mean (s Known)

 
7.4 A Second Example From the Research: Unique Invulnerability

 
7.5 Introduction to the t-Distribution

 
7.6 Inferential Statistics: Testing One Sample Mean (s Not Known)

 
7.7 Factors Affecting the Decision About the Null Hypothesis

 
7.8 Looking Ahead

 
7.9 Summary

 
7.10 Important Terms

 
7.11 Formulas Introduced in This Chapter

 
7.12 Using SPSS

 
7.13 Exercises

 
 
Chapter 8. Estimating the Mean of a Population
8.1 An Example From the Research: Salary Survey

 
8.2 Introduction to the Confidence Interval for the Mean

 
8.3 The Confidence Interval for the Mean (s Not Known)

 
8.4 The Confidence Interval for the Mean (s Known)

 
8.5 Factors Affecting the Width of the Confidence Interval for the Mean

 
8.6 Interval Estimation and Hypothesis Testing

 
8.7 Looking Ahead

 
8.8 Summary

 
8.9 Important Terms

 
8.10 Formulas Introduced in This Chapter

 
8.11 Using SPSS

 
8.12 Exercises

 
 
Chapter 9. Testing the Difference Between Two Means
9.1 An Example From the Research: You Can Just Wait

 
9.2 The Sampling Distribution of the Difference

 
9.3 Inferential Statistics: Testing the Difference Between Two Sample Means

 
9.4 Inferential Statistics: Testing the Difference Between Two Sample Means (Unequal Sample Sizes)

 
9.5 Inferential Statistics: Testing the Difference Between Paired Means

 
9.6 Looking Ahead

 
9.7 Summary

 
9.8 Important Terms

 
9.9 Formulas Introduced in This Chapter

 
9.10 Using SPSS

 
9.11 Exercises

 
 
Chapter 10. Errors in Hypothesis Testing, Statistical Power, and Effect Size
10.1 Hypothesis Testing vs. Criminal Trials

 
10.2 An Example From the Research: Truth or Consequences

 
10.3 Two Errors in Hypothesis Testing: Type I and Type II Error

 
10.4 Controlling Type I and Type II Error

 
10.5 Measures of Effect Size

 
10.6 Looking Ahead

 
10.7 Summary

 
10.8 Important Terms

 
10.9 Formulas Introduced in This Chapter

 
10.10 Exercises

 
 
Chapter 11. One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
11.1 An Example From the Research: It’s Your Move

 
11.2 Introduction to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

 
11.3 Inferential Statistics: One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

 
11.4 A Second Example: The Parking Lot Study Revisited

 
11.5 Analytical Comparisons Within the One-Way ANOVA

 
11.6 Looking Ahead

 
11.7 Summary

 
11.8 Important Terms

 
11.9 Formulas Introduced in This Chapter

 
11.10 Using SPSS

 
11.11 Exercises

 
 
Chapter 12. Two-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
12.1 An Example From the Research: Vote—or Else!

 
12.2 Introduction to Factorial Research Designs

 
12.3 The Two-Factor (A × B) Research Design

 
12.4 Introduction to Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) for the Two-Factor Research Design

 
12.5 Inferential Statistics: Two-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

 
12.6 Investigating a Significant A × B Interaction Effect: Analysis of Simple Effects

 
12.7 Looking Ahead

 
12.8 Summary

 
12.9 Important Terms

 
12.10 Formulas Introduced in This Chapter

 
12.11 Using SPSS

 
12.12 Exercises

 
 
Chapter 13. Correlation
13.1 An Example From the Research: It’s Good for You!

 
13.2 Introduction to the Concept of Correlation

 
13.3 Inferential Statistics: Pearson Correlation Coefficient

 
13.4 Correlating Two Sets of Ranks: The Spearman Rank-Order Correlation

 
13.5 Correlational Statistics vs. Correlational Research

 
13.6 Looking Ahead

 
13.7 Summary

 
13.8 Important Terms

 
13.9 Formulas Introduced in This Chapter

 
13.10 Using SPSS

 
13.11 Exercises

 
 
Chapter 14. Linear Regression and Multiple Correlation
14.1 Predicting One Variable From Another: Linear Regression

 
14.2 Correlation With Two or More Predictors: Introduction to Multiple Correlation and Regression

 
14.3 Looking Ahead

 
14.4 Summary

 
14.5 Important Terms

 
14.6 Formulas Introduced in This Chapter

 
14.7 Using SPSS

 
14.8 Exercises

 
 
Chapter 15. Chi-Square
15.1 An Example From the Research (One Categorical Variable): Are You My Type?

 
15.2 Introduction to the Chi-Square Statistic

 
15.3 Inferential Statistic: Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test

 
15.4 An Example From the Research (Two Categorical Variables): Seeing Red

 
15.5 Inferential Statistic: Chi-Square Test of Independence

 
15.6 Parametric and Nonparametric Statistical Tests

 
15.7 Looking Ahead

 
15.8 Summary

 
15.9 Important Terms

 
15.10 Formulas Introduced in This Chapter

 
15.11 Using SPSS

 
15.12 Exercises

 
 
Tables
 
Appendix: Review of Basic Mathematics
 
Glossary
 
References
 
Index

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Key features

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

  • The new edition significantly expands the discussion of linear and multiple regression and correlation, giving regression its own separate chapter. 
  • Updated data sets and research examples, including the latest 2017 salary studies, are included.
  • Additional emphasis has been placed on "eyeballing" statistical measures like the mean and standard deviation.
  • Reorganized opening chapter outlines, reduced figure sizes, and more clearly distinguished learning checks and end-of-chapter summaries enhance the readability of the book.
  • Original SAGE animated video tutorials for each chapter bring concepts to life and appeal to diverse learners.

 KEY FEATURES: 

  • Published research examples that cover a variety of real-world issues and topics in the social and behavioral sciences illustrate the use of statistical procedures to test research hypotheses. 
  • Explicit and thorough presentation of formulas and calculations help students master key techniques and prove especially helpful to students in flipped or online classes.
  • Periodic learning checks in every chapter give students an opportunity to continually assess their understanding.
  • Screenshots of statistical calculations using IBM® SPSS® Statistics at the end of chapters help students learn to use SPSS software and interpret output. 
  • Coverage of how to present data in visual form (bar charts, line graphs, scatterplots, etc.) is included for every statistical procedure.
  • Numerous end-of-chapter exercises give faculty flexibility in assigning homework.