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SAGE 800.818.7243 OR 805.499.9774 6 A.M. TO 5 P.M. PT FAX: 805.375.5291 54 TEXTBOOKS & HANDBOOKS BEST SELLER 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 • • • • • 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 • online resources

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