UNDERSTANDING STATISTICS IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES,

INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 10E

Robert R. Pagano, University of Pittsburg

Based on over 30 years of successful teaching experience in this course, Robert Pagano’s introductory text takes an intuitive, concepts-based approach to descriptive and inferential statistics. He uses the sign test to introduce inferential statistics, empirically derived sampling distributions, many visual aids, and lots of interesting examples to promote student understanding. One of the hallmarks of this text is the positive feedback from students—even students who are not mathematically inclined praise the text for its clarity, detailed presentation, and use of humor to help make concepts accessible and memorable. Thorough explanations precede the introduction of every formula, and the exercises that immediately follow include a step-by-step model that lets students compare their work against fully solved examples. This combination makes the text perfect for students taking their first statistics course in psychology or other social and behavioral sciences.

NEW TO THIS EDITION

• Psychology Students; Therapists; Counselors.

• Each chapter has at least 2 additional end-of-chapter problems requiring students to use SPSS. With the inclusion of significantly more SPSS content, students can learn how to use the tool without recourse to additional material and are able to practice on problems specifics to the textbook material.

• The end-of-chapter questions have been implemented into Aplia for instructors who prefer to use the text end-of-chapter questions within Aplia.

• The Aplia product for UNDERSTANDING STATISTICS IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 10E International

Edition includes tutorials like those on enhanced WebAssign in 9E, presenting problems similar to the textbook illustrative and end-of-chapter problems.

• The Newman-Keuls post-hoc test is replaced by the Scheffe test and various symbols used in 9E are replaced with more conventional choices.

FEATURES

• Unlike most texts, Pagano introduces inferential statistics using the sign test. This intuitive and easily understood inference test facilitates understanding of the basic concepts underlying inferential statistics.

• Thorough explanations are integrated with equations when discussing inference tests. Pagano uses empirically derived sampling distributions to promote understanding of each inference test.

• A summary chapter ties all of inference testing together, and gives students practice in determining the correct inference test to use across a wide variety of experiments. A unique decision-tree diagram is presented to help determine the correct test.

• Pagano provides a full chapter on power (Chapter 11). This complete chapter, used in conjunction with the sign test, promotes better understanding of this complex topic.

• Varied and interesting illustrative examples appear in abundance throughout the text and are immediately followed by at least two fully solved practice problems giving students immediate practice in solving problems with a step-by-step model against which to compare his/her work.

CONTENTS

Part I: OVERVIEW. 1. Statistics and Scientific Method.

Part II: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS. 2. Basic Mathematical and Measurement Concepts. 3. Frequency Distributions.

4. Measures of Central Tendency and Variability. 5. The Normal Curve and Standard Scores. 6. Correlation. 7.

Linear Regression. Part III: INFERENTIAL STATISITCS.

8. Random Sampling and Probability. 9. Binomial Distribution. 10. Introduction to Hypothesis Testing Using the Sign Test. 11. Power. 12. Sampling Distributions, Sampling Distribution of the Mean, the Normal Deviate (z) Test. 13. Student’s t-Test for Single Samples.

14. Student’s t-Test for Correlated and Independent Groups. 15. Introduction to the Analysis of Variance. 16.

Introduction to Two-Way Analysis of Variance. 17. Chi-Square and Other Nonparametric Tests. 18. Review of

Inferential Statistics. Appendix A: Review of Prerequisite Mathematics. Appendix B: Equations. Appendix C:

Answers to End-of-Chapter Questions and Problems.

Appendix D: Tables. Appendix E: Introduction to SPSS®.

WRITING FOR PSYCHOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 4E

Mark L. Mitchell, Clarion University of Pennsylvania; Janina M. Jolley, Clarion University of Pennsylvania; Robert P. O’Shea, Southern Cross University

WRITING FOR PSYCHOLOGY, 4E, International Edition offers concise assistance for students writing their research analyses using APA style®. By providing concrete examples of common errors, the authors show rather than merely tell students what to do and what to avoid. This manual will help students adhere to the basics of APA style; refine critical thinking skills, library search skills, revising skills, editing skills, and proofing skills; and avoid plagiarism. Checklists precede a summary at the end of every chapter, giving students the chance to make sure they have been thorough in their reports.

NEW TO THIS EDITION

• This edition has been revised to remain consistent with the most recent edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.

• The Fourth Edition has been revised to remain consistent with the Journal Article Reporting Standards (JARS).

FEATURES

• The authors provide strategies for organizing papers (and sample outlines) to help students write a well-organized paper, advice on every aspect of writing the

paper, and headings that allow students to quickly find the advice they need.

• A Companion Website allows students access to additional resources.

• Chapter 1 thoroughly explains how to outline, and emphasizes that students’ approach should be that of an expert witness who makes a solid, professional, unbiased case for a position. This chapter also includes practical tips about how to finish the first draft and revise it.

• Checklists for students, which have been praised by reviewers, precede the summary at the end of every chapter, giving students the chance to make sure they have been thorough in their reports.

• Sample papers and checklists in both Chapter 2 (“Writing Term Papers”) and Chapter 3 (“Writing Research Reports and Proposals”) help students learn from examples and evaluate their own papers.

• Appendix A lists the key differences between APA copy style (the format of an unpublished manuscript submitted to an editor for review) and APA final-form style (the final-format of a published article). By highlighting the final-form formatting rules, the Appendix allows students to use a published article as a model for their paper.

CONTENTS

1. What Every Student Should Know About Writing Psychology Papers. 2. Writing Term Papers. 3. Writing Research Reports and Proposals. 4. Finding, Reading, Citing, and Referencing Sources. 5. Making Your Case:

A Guide to Skeptical Reading and Logical Writing. 6.

Writing the Wrongs: How to Avoid Gruesome Grammar, Putrid Punctuation, and Saggy Style. 7. Preparing the Final Draft. Appendix A: APA Copy Style Versus APA Final-Form Style. Appendix B: Problem Plurals. Index.

WRITING PAPERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, 9E

Ralph L. Rosnow, Temple University; Mimi Rosnow

This ninth edition of WRITING PAPERS IN PSYCHOLOGY provides frameworks, tips, guidelines, and sample illustrations for college students who are writing research reports or literature reviews that are expected to conform to style recommendations of the American Psychological Association. It also is designed to cultivate organizing, literature retrieval, critical reasoning, and communication skills under deadlines.

For more than a decade, this brief, inexpensive, and easy-to-use manual has helped thousands of students in psychology and related fields with the task of writing term papers and reports.

NEW TO THIS EDITION

• Exhibits in Chapter 3 streamlined.

• Looking over Maya’s shoulder has been extended and used in new ways.

• APA style of citing and referencing moved to an earlier chapter.

• Ethical implications added to Chapter 6.

• Sections are numbered for easier referral.

• Various exhibits have been dropped, added, or revised.

FEATURES

• Chapter 1 contains a flowchart that walks the student through the phases of writing research reports or literature reviews that are expected to conform to style recommendations in the fifth edition of the PUBLICATION MANUAL OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION as well as the proposal and, if required, a poster and a concise report of the research for distribution.

• There is an exhibit illustrating how clustering can be used to begin to focus the first draft of a review paper.

• An illustration of how a student might use PsycINFO.

• Within each chapter, the sections are numbered to make it easier to refer to them.

CONTENTS

PREFACE FOR INSTRUCTORS. 1. Getting Started.

2. Finding and Retrieving Reference Materials. 3.

Developing a Proposal. 4. Planning the Research Report.

5. Organizing the Review Paper. 6. Communicating Statistical Information. 7. Writing the First Draft. 8.

Producing the Final Manuscript. 9. Preparing Posters and Concise Reports. APPENDIX A: Jane Doe’s Research Report. APPENDIX B: John Smith’s Review Paper. INDEX.

WRITING WITH STYLE, 6E

APA Style Made Easy

Lenore T. Szuchman, Barry University

This accessible and invaluable workbook-style reference guide will help your students smoothly make the transition from writing for composition classes to writing for psychology classes. In WRITING WITH STYLE, Sixth Edition, author Lenore T. Szuchman quickly and succinctly provides the basics of style presented by the Sixth Edition of the APA’s PUBLICATION MANUAL.

Dr. Szuchman’s years of experience teaching writing-intensive courses give her an inside track on the trouble spots students often encounter when writing papers and dealing with APA style. With this book, she helps your students avoid common errors and use the APA style with confidence.

NEW TO THIS EDITION

• Interactive exercises that were interspersed throughout the text in the previous edition now appear in an “Exercises” section. This consolidation, combined with a format that allows the section to be

detached from the text, simplifies grading.

• A sample manuscript in the appendix reports a fictional study about superheroes, color preference, and moral orientation. It contains examples of many of the APA rules specified in the text, providing students with a convenient “go-to” source to complete the exercises.

FEATURES

• All chapters reference the Sixth Edition of the APA Publication Manual.

• Many exercises contain a suggested article source that is likely to be available online through most college and university libraries. Exercises reference a variety of journal types, especially some that students might not otherwise come across (e.g., Psychology, Public Policy, and Law; Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy; Psychology and Aging;

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts;

Families, Systems, and Health; Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology).

• Handy lists of rules are available on the inside covers.

• The text’s unique workbook format offers students both a quick reference to APA style and a place for them to practice what they’ve learned.

• Interactive exercises allow students to work with actual articles and, in the process, begin to see commonalities that ease them into emulating the required style and language suggested in the Publication Manual of the APA.

• The author pinpoints the typical kinds of errors that students make, followed by suggested alternatives.

• Chapter 5, “Preparing the Results Section,” includes guidance on reporting effect size, confidence intervals, and manipulation checks.

• Electronic referencing rules are included in Chapter 8, “Preparing the References Section.”

CONTENTS

1. Introduction: The Laypeople and You. 2. Some Generalizations About How Psychologists Write. 3.

Preparing the Introduction Section and the Literature Review Paper. 4. Preparing the Method Section.

5. Preparing the Results Section. 6. Preparing the Discussion Section. 7. Preparing the Abstract. 8.

Preparing the References Section. 9. Preparing a Title Page and Formatting Your Manuscript. 10. Grooming Tips for Psychology Papers. 11. Preparing a Presentation.

Exercises. Appendix 1. Wrapping It Up. Appendix 2.

Sample Manuscript.

In document Cengage - Psychology Books 2013 (Page 151-154)