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STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES THIRD EDITION
Gregory J. Privitera, St. Bonaventure University
The engaging Third Edition shows students that statistics can be understandable, interesting, and relevant to their
daily lives. Using a conversational tone, award-winning teacher and author Gregory J. Privitera speaks to the reader
as researcher when covering statistical theory, computation, and application. Robust pedagogy allows students to
continually check their comprehension and hone their skills when working through carefully developed problems and
exercises that include current research and seamless integration of SPSS. This edition will not only prepare students
to be lab-ready, but also give them the confi dence to use statistics to summarize data and make decisions about
behavior.
CONTENTS PART I. INTRODUCTION AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS / 1. Introduction to Statistics / 2. Summarizing Data: Frequency Distributions in
Tables and Graphs / 3. Summarizing Data: Central Tendency / 4. Summarizing Data: Variability / PART II. PROBABILITY AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF
INFERENTIAL STATISTICS / 5. Probability / 6. Probability, Normal Distributions, and z Scores / 7. Probability and Sampling Distributions / PART III.
MAKING INFERENCES ABOUT ONE OR TWO MEANS / 8. Hypothesis Testing: Signifi cance, Effect Size, and Power / 9. Testing Means: One-Sample and
Two-Independent- Sample t Tests / 10. Testing Means: The Related-Samples t Test / 11. Estimation and Confi dence Intervals / PART IV. MAKING
INFERENCES ABOUT THE VARIABILITY OF TWO OR MORE MEANS / 12. Analysis of Variance: One-Way Between- Subjects Design / 13. Analysis of
Variance: One-Way Within-Subjects (Repeated-Measures) Design / 14. Analysis of Variance: Two-Way Between-Subjects Factorial Design / PART V.
MAKING INFERENCES ABOUT PATTERNS, FREQUENCIES, AND ORDINAL DATA / 15. Correlation / 16. Linear Regression and Multiple Regression / 17.
Nonparametric Tests: Chi-Square Tests / 18. Nonparametric Tests: Tests for Ordinal Data
HARDCOVER ISBN: 978-1-5063-8625-6 • ©2018 • 816 PAGES • • • • •
UPDATED EDITION OF BEST SELLER
ESSENTIAL STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES SECOND EDITION
Gregory J. Privitera, St. Bonaventure University
Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences is a concise version of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
by award-winning teacher, author, and advisor Gregory J. Privitera. The Second Edition provides balanced coverage
for today's students, connecting the relevance of core concepts to daily life with new introductory vignettes for every
chapter, while speaking to the reader as a researcher when covering statistical theory, computation, and application.
Robust pedagogy allows students to continually check their comprehension and hone their skills while working through
carefully developed problems and exercises that include current research and seamless integration of IBM® SPSS®
Statistics. Readers will welcome Privitera's thoughtful instruction, conversational voice, and application of statistics to
real-world problems.
CONTENTS PART I: INTRODUCTION AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS / 1: Introduction to Statistics / 2: Summarizing Data: Frequency Distributions
in Tables and Graphs / 3: Summarizing Data: Central Tendency / 4: Summarizing Data: Variability / PART II: PROBABILITY AND THE FOUNDATIONS
OF INFERENTIAL STATISTICS / 5: Probability, Normal Distributions, and z Scores / 6: Characteristics of the Sample Mean / 7: Hypothesis Testing:
Signifi cance, Effect Size, and Power / PART III: MAKING INFERENCES ABOUT ONE OR TWO MEANS / 8: Testing Means: One-Sample t Test With
Confi dence Intervals / 9: Testing Means: Two- Independent-Sample t Test With Confi dence Intervals / 10: Testing Means: Related-Samples t Test
With Confi dence Intervals / PART IV: MAKING INFERENCES ABOUT THE VARIABILITY OF TWO OR MORE MEANS / 11: One-Way Analysis of Variance:
Between- Subjects and Within- Subjects (Repeated- Measures) Designs / 12: Two-Way Analysis of Variance: Between-Subjects Factorial Design /
PART V: MAKING INFERENCES ABOUT PATTERNS, PREDICTION, AND NONPARAMETRIC TESTS / 13: Correlation and Linear Regression / 14: Chi-Square
Tests: Goodness of Fit and the Test for Independence
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5063-8630-0 • ©2019 • 640 PAGES • • •
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CORE STATISTICAL CONCEPTS WITH EXCEL
®
: An Interactive Modular Approach
Gregory J. Privitera, St. Bonaventure University • Darryl Mayeaux, St. Bonaventure University
Privitera and Mayeaux's revealing Core Statistical Concepts with Excel®: An Interactive Modular Approach is
a fl exible textbook for introductory students. The text jointly promotes an understanding of Excel® and a deeper
knowledge of core concepts through practice. Each chapter begins with introductory vignettes designed to disarm
student apprehension. These stories are paired with step-by-step exercises and recurring toolkit pedagogy to help
students better understand core statistical concepts within Excel® through actual examples.
CONTENTS SECTION ONE: CENTRAL TENDENCY & VARIABILITY / 1: Mean, Median, and Mode / 2: Variance and Standard Deviation / 3:
Normal and Skewed Distributions / SECTION TWO: PROBABILITY & SAMPLING / 4: Probability and the Normal Distribution / 5: Standard Normal
Distribution: z Scores / 6: Sampling Distributions / SECTION THREE: EVALUATING THE NATURE OF EFFECTS / 7: Hypothesis Testing: Signifi cance,
Effect Size, and Confi dence Intervals / 8: Power / SECTION FOUR: COMPARING MEANS: SIGNIFICANCE TESTING, EFFECT SIZE, AND CONFIDENCE
INTERVALS / 9: t Tests: One-Sample, Two-Independent-Sample, and Related-Samples Designs / 10: One-Way Analysis of Variance: Between-Subjects
and Repeated Measures Designs / 11: Two-Way Analysis of Variance: Between-Subjects Factorial Design / SECTION FIVE: IDENTIFYING PATTERNS
AND MAKING PREDICTIONS / 12: Correlation / 13: Linear Regression
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-5443-0904-0 • ©2019 • 376 PAGES •
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