Mark Forshaw (UK Staffordshire University)

Broschiertes Buch

Easy Statistics in Psychology

A BPS Guide

Beschreibung

Designed for those approaching this subject for the first time, Easy Statistics in Psychology is a short, readable guide to the ideas behind statistical formulae and the benefits that a rigorous statistical approach brings to psychological research. Packed with useful analogies, it helps students get beyond the numbers.

Autor

Mark Forshaw is Principal Lecturer in Psychology at Staffordshire University. He is a Chartered Health Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He is the author of Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A BPS Guide (BPS Blackwell, 2004).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 226g
• ISBN-13: 9781405139571
• ISBN-10: 1405139579
• Artikelnr.: 21797903

Rezensionen

"The book achieves a great deal in a short space, and I am sure many readers will find it extremely useful.... This is an unusual and generally well-written book that will be valuable for those who want their statistical understanding to come from words rather than numbers or mathematics." (Psychology Learning and Teaching, Autumn 2008)"This text speaks statistics in a psychologist's language. Itavoids mathematical rigour and equations and eases the reader intothe unfamiliar territory of statistical methodology with the morefamiliar map of a relaxed conversational style. This approachshould be particularly appealing for people from a non-numeratebackground who are interested in exploring the potential of whatstatistics can do to help them

understand their data."
-Peter Watson, University of Cambridge

"Many psychology students are scared of statistics. In EasyStatistics in Psychology Mark Forshaw attempts to demystify themost common and useful statistics in psychology and make themaccessible and perhaps even cuddly. Mark has taught statistics tomany undergraduates and it shows, particularly in his use ofhelpful analogies and his insight into the common, but rarelydiscussed, errors students make in data entry and in interpretationof the complex output from statistical packages. This book nicelycomplements other more advanced or technical texts. Most psychologyundergraduates will find it helpful; for some it may be a Godsend."
-Derek Johnston, Professor in Psychology,University of Aberdeen