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Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences by Frederick J. Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau ISBN 10: 1305504917 ISBN 13: 9781305504912

Statistics is one of the most practical and essential courses that you will take, and a primary goal of this popular text is to make the task of learning statistics as simple as possible. Straightforward instruction, built-in learning aids, and real-world examples have made STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 10th Edition the text selected most often by instructors for their students in the behavioral and social sciences. The authors provide a conceptual context that makes it easier to learn formulas and procedures, explaining why procedures were developed and when they should be used. This text will also instill the basic principles of objectivity and logic that are essential for science and valuable in everyday life, making it a useful reference long after you complete the course.

Statistics is one of the most practical and essential courses that you will take, and a primary goal of this popular text is to make the task of learning statistics as simple as possible. Straightforward instruction, built-in learning aids, and real-world examples have made STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 10th Edition the text selected most often by instructors for their students in the behavioral and social sciences. The authors provide a conceptual context that makes it easier to learn formulas and procedures, explaining why procedures were developed and when they should be used. This text will also instill the basic principles of objectivity and logic that are essential for science and valuable in everyday life, making it a useful reference long after you complete the course.

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Section III: Statistical Procedures for Data Consisting of Two (or More) Groups 715

Independentmeasures

DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

Means (Chapter 3) and

Standard deviations

(Chapter 4)

INFERENTIAL STATISTICS

Independent-measures t test

(Chapter 10) evaluates the

mean difference

Two groups

Data from interval

or ratio scales

(numerical scores)

Repeatedmeasures

Means (Chapter 3) and

Standard deviations

(Chapter 4)

Repeated-measures t test

(Chapter 11) evaluates the

mean difference

Two or more

groups

Independentmeasures

Repeatedmeasures

Means (Chapter 3) and

Standard deviations

(Chapter 4)

Means (Chapter 3) and

Standard deviations

(Chapter 4)

independent-measures ANOVA

(Chapter 12) evaluates the

mean differences

Repeated-measures ANOVA

(Chapter 13) evaluates the

mean differences

Two groups

Independentmeasures

Median

(Chapter 3)

Mann-Whitney U test

(Appendix E) evaluates

the group difference

Ordinal data

(Rank or ordered

categories)

Repeatedmeasures

Median

(Chapter 3)

Wilcoxon signed ranks test

(Appendix E) evaluates

the group difference

More than

two groups

Independentmeasures

Repeatedmeasures

Median

(Chapter 3)

Median

(Chapter 3)

Kruskal-Wallis test

(Appendix E) evaluates

the group differences

Friedman test (Appendix E)

evaluates the group

differences

Ordinal or nominal

data with few

categories

Two or more

groups

Independentmeasures

Proportion

in each category

Chi-square test for

independence (Chapter 17)

evaluates the group

differences

FIGURE 3

Statistics for Category 3 data. Two or more groups of scores, which are all measurements of the same variable.

The goal is to describe and evaluate the differences between groups of scores.

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