Psychology Statistics For Dummies
- ISBN-10
- 1119952875
- ISBN-13
- 9781119952879
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 464
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-01-29
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Authors
- Martin Dempster, Donncha Hanna
Description
The introduction to statistics that psychology students can't afford to be without Understanding statistics is a requirement for obtaining and making the most of a degree in psychology, a fact of life that often takes first year psychology students by surprise. Filled with jargon-free explanations and real-life examples, Psychology Statistics For Dummies makes the often-confusing world of statistics a lot less baffling, and provides you with the step-by-step instructions necessary for carrying out data analysis. Psychology Statistics For Dummies: Serves as an easily accessible supplement to doorstop-sized psychology textbooks Provides psychology students with psychology-specific statistics instruction Includes clear explanations and instruction on performing statistical analysis Teaches students how to analyze their data with SPSS, the most widely used statistical packages among students
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