{"product_id":"9781786340658","title":"Statistics And Experimental Design For Psychologists: A Model Comparison Approach","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first textbook for psychologists which combines the model comparison method in statistics with a hands-on guide to computer-based analysis and clear explanations of the links between models, hypotheses and experimental designs. Statistics is often seen as a set of cookbook recipes which must be learned by heart. Model comparison, by contrast, provides a mental roadmap that not only gives a deeper level of understanding, but can be used as a general procedure to tackle those problems which can be solved using orthodox statistical methods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStatistics and Experimental Design for Psychologists\u003c\/em\u003e focusses on the role of Occam's principle, and explains significance testing as a means by which the null and experimental hypotheses are compared using the twin criteria of parsimony and accuracy. This approach is backed up with a strong visual element, including for the first time a clear illustration of what the F-ratio actually does, and why it is so ubiquitous in statistical testing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book covers the main statistical methods up to multifactorial and repeated measures, ANOVA and the basic experimental designs associated with them. The associated \u003cstrong\u003eonline supplementary material\u003c\/strong\u003e extends this coverage to multiple regression, exploratory factor analysis, power calculations and other more advanced topics, and provides screencasts demonstrating the use of programs on a standard statistical package, SPSS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf particular value to third year undergraduate as well as graduate students, this book will also have a broad appeal to anyone wanting a deeper understanding of the scientific method.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039135613168,"sku":"9781786340658","price":58.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781786340658_p0.jpg?v=1763729449","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781786340658","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}