Student Study Guide With IBM SPSS Workbook for Essential Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences / Edition 1

by Gregory J. Privitera

Overview

The Student Study Guide With IBM® SPSS® Workbook for Essential Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences, by Gregory J. Privitera, includes a review of chapter learning objectives, chapter outlines and key terms, essential statistical formulas, special tips and insights for students, and chapter summaries. To help students practice skills, the guide offers word searches and crossword puzzles for each chapter, extensive practice quizzes linked to chapter learning objectives, and “SPSS in Focus” exercises which complement those in the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781483379531
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/06/2015
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Gregory J. Privitera is an Associate Professor of Psychology at St. Bonaventure University. He received his Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience at the University at Buffalo and went on to complete post-doctoral research at Arizona State University before coming to St. Bonaventure. A veteran of the U.S. Marines, he is also the author of more than two dozen peer-reviewed articles and books on the role of social cognition and learning on eating behavior and health. His work has been recognized in a variety of ways, including university awards for teaching and research. He oversees a variety of undergraduate research projects at St. Bonaventure University with more than a dozen undergraduate student research projects leading to publication in peer-reviewed journals. In the community, Dr. Privitera is a member of the Board of Trustees for a local elementary and high school where his children attend the elementary school.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction and Descriptive Statistics
Chapter 1: Introduction to Statistics
Chapter 2: Summarizing Data: Frequency Distributions in Tables and Graphs
Chapter 3: Summarizing Data: Central Tendency
Chapter 4: Summarizing Data: Variability
Part II: Probability and the Foundations of Inferential Statistics
Chapter 5: Probability, Normal Distributions, z scores
Chapter 6: Characteristics of the Sample Mean
Chapter 7: Hypothesis Testing: Significance, Effect Size, and Power
Part III: Making Inferences About One or Two Means
Chapter 8: Testing Means: One-Sample t Test With Confidence Intervals
Chapter 9: Testing Means: Two-Independent-Sample t Test With Confidence Intervals
Chapter 10: Testing Means: The Related-Samples t Test With Confidence Intervals
Part IV: Making Inferences About the Variability of Two or More Means
Chapter 11: One-Way Analysis of Variance: Between-Subjects and Within-Subjects (Repeated Measures) Designs
Chapter 12: Two-Way Analysis of Variance: Between-Subjects Factorial Design
Part V: Making Inferences About Patterns, Prediction, and Nonparametric Tests
Chapter 13: Correlation and Linear Regression
Chapter 14: Chi-Square Tests: Goodness-of-Fit and the Test for Independence
Appendix: General Instruction Guidebook for Using SPSS