Statistics in psychology an historical perspective

This book presents an historical overview of the field--from its development to the present--at an accessible mathematical level. This edition features two new chapters--one on factor analysis and the other on the rise of ANOVA usage in psychological research. Written for psychology, as well as oth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cowles, Michael, 1940- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates c2001.
Edition:2nd ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798034506719
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Development of Statistics; 2 Science, Psychology, and Statistics; 3 Measurement; 4 The Organization of Data; 5 Probability; 6 Distributions; 7 Practical Inference; 8 Sampling and Estimation; 9 Sampling Distributions; 10 Comparisons, Correlations, and Predictions; 11 Factor Analysis; 12 The Design of Experiments; 13 Assessing Differences and Having Confidence; 14 Treatments and Effects: The Rise of ANOVA; 15 The Statistical Hotpot; References; Author Index; Subject Index