Making Sense of Data and Statistics in Psychology
Innbundet /
2001
/ Engelsk
Product details
ISBN
9780333629680
Published
2001-12-14
Publisher
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Weight
739 gr
Height
254 mm
Width
178 mm
Age
Lower undergraduate, UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Biographical note
BRIAN GREER is Professor at the San Diego State University, working in the Centre for Research on Mathematics and Science Education. He has taught statistics to psychology students for many years, and has published widely on mathematics education, recently co-authoring Making Sense of World Problems.GERRY MULHERN is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Queen's University of Belfast, having previously taught at the Universities of Edinburgh and Ulster. He has published widely in the areas of applied cognition and mathematics education, and is former Honorary General Secretary of the British Psychological Society.
'The book reads very well... Pleasantly relaxed and informal. It is well structured and full of interesting, instructional and germane verbal examples and pictorial illustrations.' - Neil Frude, Cardiff University 'Coverage is excellent... The authors obviously have a great deal of experience in teaching, and have brought this to bear... I like the way the authors describe the procedure of carrying out statistical tests. It doesn't befuddle students with mathematics.' - Jeremy Miles, York University 'The authors' style is designed to communicate very directly with the reader, and, I think, achieves this objective well.' - Lynne Duncan, University of Dundee
Making Sense of Data and Statistics in Psychology confronts the pedagogic challenge of teaching statistics to students in psychology and related disciplines. Recognising the heterogeneous nature of students' mathematical backgrounds and motivations, the authors adopt an innovative approach while ensuring ready integration into orthodox undergraduate statistics courses at introductory and post-introductory levels. Before being introduced to formal statistics, students are encouraged to develop a 'feel' for data, particularly through visual representation. Making extensive use of exploratory data analysis (EDA), the text emphasises conceptual rather than technical or procedural understanding.
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Making Sense of Data and Statistics in Psychology confronts the pedagogic challenge of teaching statistics to students in psychology and related disciplines.
Statistics in PsychologyVariablesDescribing and Summarising DataSeeing Patterns in Data: ComparingSeeing Patterns in Data: CorrelatingThe Relevance of ProbabilityStatistical Tests: ComparingStatistical Tests: CorrelatingExperimentation in PsychologySeeing Patterns in Data: Comparing More Than Two GroupsStatistical Tests: Comparing More Than Two GroupsSeeing Patterns in Data: Comparisons Involving More than One Independent VariableStatistical Tests: Comparing More than One Independent VariableRelating: Multiple VariablesOverviewIndex
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'The book reads very well... Pleasantly relaxed and informal. It is well structured and full of interesting, instructional and germane verbal examples and pictorial illustrations.' - Neil Frude, Cardiff University 'Coverage is excellent... The authors obviously have a great deal of experience in teaching, and have brought this to bear... I like the way the authors describe the procedure of carrying out statistical tests. It doesn't befuddle students with mathematics.' - Jeremy Miles, York University 'The authors' style is designed to communicate very directly with the reader, and, I think, achieves this objective well.' - Lynne Duncan, University of Dundee
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Innovative, studentfriendly text different from anything currently available Material is structured so that the reader revisits ideas at increasing levels of sophistication Easily integrated into 'standard courses' or used as support for more mathematically oriented courses Reinforces understanding by avoiding unnecessary jargon, and including studentteacher dialogues and realistic examples throughout
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Product details
ISBN
9780333629680
Published
2001-12-14
Publisher
Vendor
Palgrave Macmillan
Weight
739 gr
Height
254 mm
Width
178 mm
Age
Lower undergraduate, UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Biographical note
BRIAN GREER is Professor at the San Diego State University, working in the Centre for Research on Mathematics and Science Education. He has taught statistics to psychology students for many years, and has published widely on mathematics education, recently co-authoring Making Sense of World Problems.GERRY MULHERN is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Queen's University of Belfast, having previously taught at the Universities of Edinburgh and Ulster. He has published widely in the areas of applied cognition and mathematics education, and is former Honorary General Secretary of the British Psychological Society.