a beginner's guide Watt, Roger creator author. Collins, Elizabeth (Psychology researcher) author. text bibliography cau 2023 2023 Second edition. monographic eng

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xxxii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. "Statistics for Psychology is an interactive highly visual and accessible guide to the statistical practices you will encounter as a psychology student. Its software agnostic approach keeps the focus on the core principles rather than getting bogged down in complicated formulae and jargon. This book is based on the authors BPS commended programme. It focusses on providing the strong foundational understanding you all need to use statistics confidently and creatively rather than the software-specific way in which statistics is often taught"-- from the Publishers website. Why do we need statistics -- The research cycle -- Variables -- Relationships between variables -- Intermezzo 1. Correlation -- Uncertainty -- Null hypothesis testing -- Statistical tests for one independent variable -- Intermezzo 2. Alternatives to NHST: Bayes and likelihood -- Minimising uncertainty: research design -- Measurements and uncertainty -- Sampling and uncertainty -- Intermezzo 3. Uncertain power analysis -- Hypothesis with more than one independent variable -- Covariations: relationships between two independent variables -- Analysing data with two or more independent variables -- Which model is best? -- Intermezzo 4. Combining multiple studies: replication and meta-analysis -- Contributing to knowledge. Roger Watt and Elizabeth Collins. Previous edition: 2019. Includes bibliographical references and index. Psychology Statistical methods Psychology Statistical methods BF39 .W38 2023 150.727 W340s 77.04 9781529777925 2022940648 UKMGB 220610 20260923083309.0 22645902 eng