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Statistics for Research and Life
First Edition| ©2024 Gary Lewandowski Jr.; Kevin McIntyre
In this innovative text, pioneering educators Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr. (author of Discovering the Scientist Within) and Kevin P. McIntyre (creator of the website Open Stats Lab) help students overcome math anxiety and build valuable statistical skills. Each chapter takes a unique two-par...
In this innovative text, pioneering educators Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr. (author of Discovering the Scientist Within) and Kevin P. McIntyre (creator of the website Open Stats Lab) help students overcome math anxiety and build valuable statistical skills. Each chapter takes a unique two-part approach, introducing fundamental concepts through fascinating real-life questions, then exploring a rigorous and detailed scenario. Throughout, the authors emphasize how a basic understanding of statistics is key to the psychology major, indispensable in daily life, and in-demand among today’s top employers.
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Building statistical skills to take students where they want to go.
In this innovative text, pioneering educators Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr. (author of Discovering the Scientist Within) and Kevin P. McIntyre (creator of the website Open Stats Lab) help students overcome math anxiety and build valuable statistical skills. Each chapter takes a unique two-part approach, introducing fundamental concepts through fascinating real-life questions, then exploring a rigorous and detailed scenario. Throughout, the authors emphasize how a basic understanding of statistics is key to the psychology major, indispensable in daily life, and in-demand among today’s top employers.
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Building Skills for Research and Life, including communicating results in APA Style, using statistical terminology in conversation, interpreting graphs and charts from research articles, building career preparedness, and more.
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Focus on Open Science Practices including an emphasis on the ethical considerations in the data analysis process.
In each chapter:
- Become a Better Consumer of Statistics gives students the tools they need to critically evaluate the scientific and nonscientific information that they encounter in everyday life.
- Statistics on the Job shows students how the skills they are learning can help them in a variety of careers and vocations.
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“This textbook takes the exact approach that I currently take in teaching the course and has excellent resources to do so. The text book is very user-friendly and I can see students really enjoying this.” – Amanda ElBassiouny, California Lutheran University
“The authors are approaching the subject with an engaging style designed for the students of the 21st century, providing a strong basis in statistical thinking, without overwhelming and losing students who might otherwise struggle with the material.” – Gary Welton, Grove City College
“Statistics for Research and Life is a text that students will enjoy reading. The context for teaching statistical theory and application, provided through examples that resonate with students, allows students to see the utility of statistics in their own experiences. Step by step instructions for hand calculations and SPSS analyses increase students' accessibility to statistical content, in the context of friendly conversational instruction.” – Julie Verette Lindenbaum, The Sage Colleges

Statistics for Research and Life
First Edition| ©2024
Gary Lewandowski Jr.; Kevin McIntyre
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Statistics for Research and Life
First Edition| 2024
Gary Lewandowski Jr.; Kevin McIntyre
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Why Statistics Are So Important
Chapter 2: Frequency Distributions and Visual Displays of Data
Chapter 3: Measures of Central Tendency & Variability
Chapter 4: Z-Scores and the Normal Curve
Chapter 5: Probability and the Distribution of Sample Means
Chapter 6: Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
Chapter 7: Hypothesis Testing with a Distribution of Sample Means
Chapter 8: Statistical Significance, Confidence Intervals, Effect Size, and Power
Chapter 9: Introduction to t-Tests: The Single Sample t-Test and t-Test for Dependent Means
Chapter 10: t-Test for Two Independent/Unrelated Samples
Chapter 11: One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Chapter 12: Repeated-Measures Analysis of Variance ( RM ANOVA)
Chapter 13: Factorial Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Chapter 14: Correlation
Chapter 15: Regression
Chapter 16: Chi-Square Tests
Appendix A: Mathematics Refresher
Appendix B: Where Does Data Come From? A Primer on Research Methods and Design
Appendix C: Statistical Tables
Glossary
Name Index
Subject Index

Statistics for Research and Life
First Edition| 2024
Gary Lewandowski Jr.; Kevin McIntyre
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Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr.

Kevin P. McIntyre

Statistics for Research and Life
First Edition| 2024
Gary Lewandowski Jr.; Kevin McIntyre
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Gary Lewandowski Jr.; Kevin McIntyre
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