Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

• Inclusion of assumptions and assumptions testing ensures students understand the underlying principles of each statistical test, can perform assumptions testing in SPSS, and see appropriate datasets used for each example that conform to assumptions for each test.
• Expanded and integrated coverage of power analysis, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing address not just whether an effect has occurred but how big the effect is and where the effect is so that students better appreciate the need for multiple points of evidence throughout the research process.
• Earlier integration of the decision tree for determining statistical tests, with a focus on parametric and non-parametric testing to show meaningful alternatives when data doesn’t meet the assumptions of a test.
• Expanded Data in Research feature boxes give students even more research examples from Chapters 1 through 8.
• New and expanded Making Sense sections help students tackle most challenging statistical content with straightforward explanations and reinforcement of concepts.
• Over 100 Learning Checks have been added or revised, including all new Learning Checks for the SPSS in Focus and APA in Focus sections.
• All End-of-Chapter Problems have been fully revised.
• The 7th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is included in the APA in Focus sections so students see the latest guidance for reporting results and is used throughout the text to demonstrate best practices in language use and citations. 
• Updated scholarship includes introducing the context and research examples related to hypothesis testing in each chapter.
• A new Appendix A provides narrative descriptions of statistics, its role in behavioral science, and places statistics in a broader research context.
• All SPSS screenshots are updated for version 27 of SPSS.
• An expanded author-created test bank with over 3,000 total questions gives instructors a wide variety of options for test creation.

KEY FEATURES:

• A conversational writing style empowers students to view statistics as something they are capable of understanding and using.
• Practice exercises place statistical analysis in the context of current scholarship.
• All "by hand" calculations are also shown in SPSS to show how values in the formulas are computed and displayed in SPSS.
• Making Sense sections break down the statistical concepts students typically find most challenging, review important material, and help students make sense of it.
• SPSS in Focus features provide step-by-step, classroom-tested instruction using practical research examples of how chapter concepts can be applied using SPSS.
• APA in Focus features explain how to summarize statistical results for each inferential statistic taught and how to read and report statistical results in research journals that follow APA style.
• Data in Research features in Chapters 1 through 8 provide context by reviewing pertinent, current research that clarifies or illustrates important statistical concepts discussed in the chapter.
• Current research examples, often based on data from published research, allow students to see the types of questions that behavioral researchers ask while learning about the statistics researchers use to answer them.
• Learning Checks provide formative assessment so students can test their understanding of the material as they read.
• Robust pedagogy, including step-by-step example problems, checkpoints for comprehension throughout the text, bolded, boxed, and defined key terms, a comprehensive suite of end-of-chapter problems, and a mathematics primer in an appendix, help students master key concepts and skills.
• Over 30 chapter-ending review problems per chapter, categorized as Factual Problems, Concept and Application Problems, and Problems in Research, allow instructors to easily identify and specifically test the type of knowledge they want to assess.