Behavioral Sciences STAT (with CourseMate Printed Access Card)

Gary Heiman is a professor at Buffalo State College. Praised by reviewers and adopters for his readable prose and effective pedagogical skills, he has written four books for Houghton Mifflin (now Cengage Learning): STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY, UNDERSTANDING RESEARCH METHODS AND STATISTICS, AND ESSENTIAL STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. He received his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Bowling Green State University.

Preface.
1. Introduction to Statistics and Research.
2. Creating and Using Frequency Distributions.
3. Summarizing Scores with Measures of Central Tendency.
4. Summarizing Score with Measures of Variability.
5. Describing Data with z-Scores and the Normal Standard Curve.
6. Using Probability to Make Decisions about Data.
7. Overview of Statistical Hypothesis Testing: The z-Test.
8. Hypothesis Testing Using the One-Sample t-Test.
9. Hypothesis Testing Using the Two-Sample t-Test.
10. Describing Relationships Using Correlation and Regression.
11. Hypothesis Testing Using the One-Way Analysis of Variance.
12. Understanding the Two-Way Analysis of Variance.
Chi Square and Nonparametric Procedures.
Appendix A: Additional Statistics.
Appendix B: Statistical Tables.
Appendix C: Answers to Odd-Numbered Questions.