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Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau
Edition: 7
Retail Price (not our price): $158.95
ISBN: 0495095206
ISBN-13: 9780495095200
Publication Date: 2006-05-12
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 792


Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Product Description
Master statistics with STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES! With straightforward instruction, built-in learning aids, and real world examples, this psychology text provides you with the tools you need to succeed. You will have numerous opportunities to practice statistical techniques through learning checks, examples, demonstrations, and problems. Exam preparation is made easy with a student companion website that provides tutorials, crossword puzzles, flashcards, learning objectives, and more!


Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

1) College book for daughter.   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Delivered quickly and much cheaper than college book store. This was teacher's edition, which has answers the student edition does not.

2) Though the price was much too high, I still feel happy   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I must say I felt bad with the price of the book - I felt it was much too high. But after reading the first few chapters of the book, and noting that it flows and is very easy to understand, I do not have to complain so much now. I am loving the book now.

3) how to test hypotheses   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
[A review of the 7th Edition, that came out in 2006.]The text starts off easily. With the elementary definitions of mean, median, percentiles etc. Things you probably should have dealt with in high school. Likewise with its treatment of probability theory. Though the latter goes directly to the normal or Gaussian distribution. But the meat of the book really starts in part 3, which is about inferences of means and mean differences. For you, as a student or researcher, what is important is not a definition of terms and distributions, but how to test hypotheses. From this flows such ideas as the t statistic and the analysis of variance (ANOVA). Part 4 builds on this, with nonparametric tests and regression analysis. The linear regression in one variable is simple. Then you get multiple regression with 2 variables. Tied in is the chi square test and various other tests.The book also is a quick introduction to using SPSS as your basic statistical program. In your field, SPSS is likely to be the dominant such program, and you need an indepth acquaintance with it.

4) Concise, thorough, and easy to understand   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
There isn't much more to say. This book is concise -- it gets right to the point, every time. It is also thorough -- it covers everything you need to move on to advanced statistics. But, best of all, it presents the material in a way that is very easy to understand and allows students to apply their new knowledge to the behavioral sciences.

5) An awesome stats book!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I have taught statistics for many years and this is the best stats book I have seen. It is clearly written, has easily understood formulas, and excellent examples. I highly recommend it!


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