TY - BOOK AU - Aron,Arthur AU - Aron,Elaine AU - Coups,Elliot J. TI - Statistics for the behavioral and social sciences:a brief course SN - 0131505084 AV - HA29.A745 2005 U1 - 300/.1/5195 21 PY - 2005/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson/Prentice Hall KW - Social sciences KW - Statistical methods KW - Data processing N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-455) and index; Displaying the order in a group of numbers -- The mean, variance, standard deviation, and Z scores -- Correlation and prediction -- Some key ingredients for inferential statistics : the normal curve, probability, and population versus sample -- Introduction to hypothesis testing -- Hypothesis tests with means of samples -- Making sense of statistical significance : decision errors, effect size, and statistical power -- Introduction to the t test -- The t test for independent means -- Introduction to the analysis of variance -- Chi-square tests and strategies when population distributions are not normal -- Making sense of advanced statistical procedures in research articles ER -