Statistics in psychology using R and SPSS /

• Main Author: Rasch, Dieter
• Other Authors: Kubinger, Klaus D., 1949-, Yanagida, Takuya
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
• Subjects: SPSS (Computer file); SPSS > Computer file.; Psychometrics.; Social sciences > Statistical methods > Computer programs.; PSYCHOLOGY > Research & Methodology.; Psychometrics > methods.; Statistics as Topic > methods.; Software.; Electronic books.

Statistics in Psychology covers all statistical methods needed in education and research in psychology. This book looks at research questions when planning data sampling, that is to design the intended study and to calculate the sample sizes in advance. In other words, no analysis applies if the min...

Table of Contents:

• Concept of the book
• Measuring in psychology
• Psychology : an empirical science
• Definition : character, chance, experiment, and survey
• Numerical and graphical data analysis
• Probability and distribution
• Assumptions : random sampling and randomization
• One sample from one population
• Two samples from two populations
• Samples from more than two populations
• Regression and correlation
• One sample from one population
• Samples from more than one population
• Model generation
• Theory-generating procedures.