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Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

Sixth Edition  ©2024 Susan Nolan; Kelly M. Goedert Formats: Achieve, E-book, Print

Authors

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    Susan Nolan

    Susan A. Nolan is Professor of Psychology at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, where she has been a 2020 College of Arts and Sciences Teacher of the Year. Susan has researched curricula and assessment in psychology education, the interpersonal consequences of mental illness, and the role of gender in science careers. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation. Susan was the 2021 president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. She also is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science. She holds an A.B. from the College of the Holy Cross and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Susan is fascinated by the applications of psychology to the “real world,” both locally and globally. She served as a representative from the APA to the United Nations for 5 years, and was a recipient of the Fukuhara Award for Advanced International Research and Service from the International Council of Psychologists. She was a 2015–2016 U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she and her husband have a home, as well as a 2023 U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Australia. An avid traveler, Susan uses the examples she encounters through these experiences in the classroom, in this textbook, and in the statistics textbooks that she co-authors.

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    Kelly M. Goedert

    Kelly Goedert’s fascination with psychology – and in particular, how the mind works, began with the simple question: “How is it that we get so good at tying our shoes?” Simple, but profound. What if we never got good at it, or anything else for that matter? Kelly has found that she loves answering questions with numbers. Her idea of a fun vacation is a week-long Bayesian workshop in the Netherlands. (OK, she likes other, more relaxing vacations, too!) Kelly graduated from Western Kentucky University with an undergraduate degree in psychology and an MA in applied experimental psychology. After spending a year working in market research, she returned to school to earn a PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of Virginia. Kelly’s research has ranged from studying spatial attention in healthy human populations and in people with stroke-induced attentional impairments to investigating how people make causal inferences about events (e.g., “What’s causing my stomach upsets?”). Most recently, she is starting a line of research graph comprehension. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. She is a fellow of the Eastern Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. Currently, she is professor of psychology and chair of the psychology department at Seton Hall University, where she is also a faculty member in the data analytics program. In her spare time, she enjoys meditating, traveling, and hanging out with her partner and her dogs.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Statistics and Research Design
Chapter 2 Frequency Distributions
Chapter 3 Visual Displays of Data
Chapter 4 Central Tendency and Variability
Chapter 5 Sampling and Probability
Chapter 6 The Normal Curve, Standardization, and z Scores
Chapter 7 Hypothesis Testing with z Tests
Chapter 8 Confidence Intervals, Effect Size, and Statistical Power
Chapter 9 The Single-Sample t Test
Chapter 10 The Paired-Samples t Test
Chapter 11 The Independent-Samples t Test
Chapter 12 One-Way Between-Groups ANOVA
Chapter 13 One-Way Within-Groups ANOVA
Chapter 14 Two-Way Between-Groups ANOVA
Chapter 15 Correlation
Chapter 16 Regression
Chapter 17 Chi-Square Tests
Chapter 18 Choosing and Reporting Statistics
Appendix A Reference for Basic Mathematics
Appendix B Statistical Tables
Appendix C Solutions to Odd-Numbered End-of-Chapter Problems
Appendix D Check Your Learning Solutions

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Sixth Edition Updates (2024)

NEW! Coauthor, Kelly M. Goedert
Goedert earned her PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of Virginia. Most recently, she has undertaken a new line of research into how we comprehend information presented in graphs. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. She is a fellow of the Eastern Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. Currently, she is professor of psychology and chair of the psychology department at Seton Hall University, where she is also a faculty member in the data analytics program.

NEW! Statistics at Work: This new photo/caption feature recurs in every chapter and focuses on people with careers that use statistics in an interesting way.

Authors

  • Headshot of Susan Nolan

    Susan Nolan

    Susan A. Nolan is Professor of Psychology at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, where she has been a 2020 College of Arts and Sciences Teacher of the Year. Susan has researched curricula and assessment in psychology education, the interpersonal consequences of mental illness, and the role of gender in science careers. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation. Susan was the 2021 president of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology. She also is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science. She holds an A.B. from the College of the Holy Cross and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Susan is fascinated by the applications of psychology to the “real world,” both locally and globally. She served as a representative from the APA to the United Nations for 5 years, and was a recipient of the Fukuhara Award for Advanced International Research and Service from the International Council of Psychologists. She was a 2015–2016 U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she and her husband have a home, as well as a 2023 U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Australia. An avid traveler, Susan uses the examples she encounters through these experiences in the classroom, in this textbook, and in the statistics textbooks that she co-authors.

  • Headshot of Kelly M. Goedert

    Kelly M. Goedert

    Kelly Goedert’s fascination with psychology – and in particular, how the mind works, began with the simple question: “How is it that we get so good at tying our shoes?” Simple, but profound. What if we never got good at it, or anything else for that matter? Kelly has found that she loves answering questions with numbers. Her idea of a fun vacation is a week-long Bayesian workshop in the Netherlands. (OK, she likes other, more relaxing vacations, too!) Kelly graduated from Western Kentucky University with an undergraduate degree in psychology and an MA in applied experimental psychology. After spending a year working in market research, she returned to school to earn a PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of Virginia. Kelly’s research has ranged from studying spatial attention in healthy human populations and in people with stroke-induced attentional impairments to investigating how people make causal inferences about events (e.g., “What’s causing my stomach upsets?”). Most recently, she is starting a line of research graph comprehension. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. She is a fellow of the Eastern Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. Currently, she is professor of psychology and chair of the psychology department at Seton Hall University, where she is also a faculty member in the data analytics program. In her spare time, she enjoys meditating, traveling, and hanging out with her partner and her dogs.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Statistics and Research Design
Chapter 2 Frequency Distributions
Chapter 3 Visual Displays of Data
Chapter 4 Central Tendency and Variability
Chapter 5 Sampling and Probability
Chapter 6 The Normal Curve, Standardization, and z Scores
Chapter 7 Hypothesis Testing with z Tests
Chapter 8 Confidence Intervals, Effect Size, and Statistical Power
Chapter 9 The Single-Sample t Test
Chapter 10 The Paired-Samples t Test
Chapter 11 The Independent-Samples t Test
Chapter 12 One-Way Between-Groups ANOVA
Chapter 13 One-Way Within-Groups ANOVA
Chapter 14 Two-Way Between-Groups ANOVA
Chapter 15 Correlation
Chapter 16 Regression
Chapter 17 Chi-Square Tests
Chapter 18 Choosing and Reporting Statistics
Appendix A Reference for Basic Mathematics
Appendix B Statistical Tables
Appendix C Solutions to Odd-Numbered End-of-Chapter Problems
Appendix D Check Your Learning Solutions

Product Updates

Spring 2026 Updates:

AI Tutor

AI Tutor in Achieve uses OpenAI and Macmillan content to provide real-time guidance on foundational and current concepts without giving answers away.

  • Uses the Socratic method to encourage student agency and deeper conceptual thinking.
  • Available in all question types and instructor-authored exercises.
  • Provides multilingual support to aid conceptual understanding of complex tasks like word problems.

Expanded algorithmic assessment

  • Flexible, topic-mapped organization for precise assignments.

New math readiness support

  • Diagnostic assessment integrated with targeted remediation and AI Tutor.

Data Lab activities

  • Real datasets for interpretation and practical application.

LearningCurve added (Lewandowski)

  • Adaptive quizzing to reinforce concepts and retention.

Reorganized prebuilts

  • Streamlined course setup and assignment flow for instructors.

Expanded algorithmic assessment

  • Topic-mapped question organization for more precise assignment and improved flexibility.

New math readiness support

  • Diagnostic assessment with targeted remediation resources and AI Tutor integration.

Data Lab (DL) activities

  • Integrated datasets for real-world application and interpretation.

Sixth Edition Updates (2024)

NEW! Coauthor, Kelly M. Goedert
Goedert earned her PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of Virginia. Most recently, she has undertaken a new line of research into how we comprehend information presented in graphs. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. She is a fellow of the Eastern Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. Currently, she is professor of psychology and chair of the psychology department at Seton Hall University, where she is also a faculty member in the data analytics program.

NEW! Statistics at Work: This new photo/caption feature recurs in every chapter and focuses on people with careers that use statistics in an interesting way.

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Susan Nolan and new coauthor Kelly Goedert introduce statistics through engaging stories and real data drawn from both the history of the field and contemporary behavioral science research.

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