Statistics in Psychology

STEPHEN JONES is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of the West of England, UK, where he has been teaching Experimental Psychology, Research Methods and Statistics for the past ten years. He is a Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Scientist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

'Statistics in Psychology offers an excellent gentle introduction to the area of statistics for any student new to psychology and who may suffer from a 'fear of numbers'. This student-friendly text provides a clear explanation of the key statistical concepts without reference to mathematical formulae. A great emphasis on everyday examples and actual psychological studies makes this book an invaluable addition to any student's or lecturer's bookshelf.' - Dr Jean-Francois Delvenne, University of Leeds, UK 'An excellent and student-friendly introductory text. The use of non-numerical examples and psychologically based scenarios is a refreshing and reassuring approach to introducing a topic that many students regard with trepidation.' - Dr Judith A. Smith, University of Liverpool, UK "friendly and accessible... a good starting point for many first-year psychology students." - George Sandamas, Department of Psychology, Middlesex University, UK

• PART I: VARIABLES AND PARTICIPANTSVariables and their MeasurementResearch DesignSummarySelf-TestPART II: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICSSummarising Findings via Measures of Central TendencySummarising Findings via Measures of DispersionSummarising Findings via Standardising ScoresSummarySelf-TestPART III: PRELUDE TO TESTINGPopulations, Samples and Standard ErrorsHypothesis Testing, Probability and Statistical SignificanceParametric AssumptionsNarrativeSummarySelf-TestPART IV: INFERENTIAL STATISTICSParametric TestingNon-Parametric Testing (Ordinal)Non-Parametric Testing (Nominal)SummarySelf-Test.