Basically this book contains everything you would need to know about statistics and research Methods at degree level. It explains Qualitative and Quantitative Statistical Tests and various ways of doing research.Each chapter explains a different statistical test and it progresses starting with ... Read review
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revised and updated and provides a clear and comprehensive survey of research methods statistical concepts and procedures in psychology today. Clear explanations of experimental and non-experimental designs are provided and there is detailed attention to a wide range of threats to internal and external validity. Quasi-experiments cross-cultural issues ethics and the ongoing quantitative--qualitative debate are all fully explored. Statistical procedures are given clear and comprehensive coverage and include everything needed at all levels of study -- from nominal level tests to multi-factorial ANOVA designs and multiple regression. New to the fourth edition are log linear analysis and a detailed examination of effect size and power enabling students to report very easily the level of power for their findings. Also new for this edition are detailed and illustrated SPSS instructions for all statistical procedures covered in the book including data entry and interpreting output thus eliminating the need for an extra SPSS textbook.Each chapter contains a self-test glossary key terms and exercises.Advice on planning and conducting studies analysing data and writing up practical reports is given and a 'good' marked report is included as well as a complete published qualitative report. A much-requested new feature is advice for each statistical test on how to report results in conventional (APA) style. The bestselling research methods text for over a decade Research Methods & Statistics in Psychology 4th edition" remains accessible informative and invaluable to students of psychology and related disciplines at all levels.
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...to know about statistics and research Methods at degree level. It explains Qualitative and Quantitative Statistical Tests and various ways of doing research.Each chapter explains a different statistical test and it progresses starting with simple comparisons progressing to the most complex tests you will need to understand at degree level.
I found this book was very hard going. It is not written in a way that is at all easy to read, ... ...and the examples do not clarify the text. There are a lot of much simpler statistics book son the market and although this one is smaller and probably cheaper I certainly wouldnt be tempted to buy it.
I certainly wouldnt recommend this to anyone who was new to psychology or statistics as it is not a good introduction to the subject at all. ... more
Basically this book contains everything you would need to know about statistics and research Methods at degree level. It explains Qualitative and Quantitative Statistical Tests and various ways of doing research.Each chapter explains a different statistical test and it progresses starting with simple comparisons progressing to the most complex tests you will need to understand at degree level.
I found this book was very hard going. It is not written in a way that is at all easy to read, let alone digest. The explainations are not at all clear and the examples do not clarify the text. There are a lot of much simpler statistics book son the market and although this one is smaller and probably cheaper I certainly wouldnt be tempted to buy it.
I certainly wouldnt recommend this to anyone who was new to psychology or statistics as it is not a good introduction to the subject at all.
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Non-Fiction
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Psychology
Title
Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
Author
Hugh Coolican
ISBN
0340524049; 0340600829; 0340747609; 0340812583
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This third edition has been revised and updated to provide a comprehensive survey of research methods in psychology. It includes improved visual material, inclusion of A level-type structured questions, answers to chapter exercises on the same page, clear calculation tables and unified diagrams. See all Product Description
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