Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction to psychological statistics -- Frequency tables, graphs, and distributions -- Measures of central tendency and variability -- Standardized scores and the normal distribution -- Introduction to hypothesis testing : The one-sample z test -- Interval estimation and the t distribution -- The t test for two independent sample means -- Statistical power and effect size --Linear correlation -- Linear regression -- The matched t test -- One-way independent ANOVA -- Multiple comparisons -- Two-way ANOVA -- Repeated measures ANOVA -- Two-way mixed design ANOVA -- Multiple regression -- The regression approach to ANOVA -- The binomial distribution -- Chi-square tests.

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