Basic Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

by Gary W. Heiman

Packed with real-world illustrations and the latest data available, BASIC STATISTICS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES, 7e demystifies and fully explains statistics in a lively, reader-friendly format. The author's clear, patiently crafted explanations with an occasional touch of humor, teach readers not only how to compute an answer but also why they should perform the procedure or what their answer reveals about the data. Offering a conceptual-intuitive approach, this popular book presents statistics within an understandable research context, deals directly and positively with potential weaknesses in mathematics, and introduces new terms and concepts in an integrated way. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Mathematics

504 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Sean · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is just an abridged statistics book with an informal tone. I would only use this as a refresher. A lot of intro statistic books seem to end up using a black box approach where formulas are given with brief explanations on how to use them so that's normal, especially for the different tests for analysis. Doing self study, this book could really help as a lot of the calculations are explained out on how to do them. However, it comes at the cost of not having a proper worked out example to refer to. Over all not bad. The easy concepts are overexplained. I thought it was about to have a section on what a ratio is. The more advanced concepts (are rightfully) just touched on. The linear regression made me laugh. At the end of the day, it gave the formula as a line which is right but it's just a different beast when you tackle it in calculus and linear algebra to understand why it works.

[Kerry Moran · Rating 2 out of 5]

Myself, and most people in my class, found this book overly complicated the subject and made things more difficult to understand. Most of us agreed that reading the book made us do worse on tests and labs than the weeks we skipped the chapters and relied solely on the professor’s power points and lectures. It was not a great teaching tool and I genuinely would not recommend it for understanding statistics.

[Broodingferret · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author made several attempts to lighten the subject matter of this book with humor. He failed most of them, like that turbo-geek in high school who could never get the timing or delivery down right on his jokes. Still, Heiman (must have gotten a lot of flak in school) went into enough detail on the calculation concepts to at least make them graspable.

[Kymberly · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have to be honest, I and many of my fellow students disliked this class with a passion. This book did not help much with understanding the material. Not impressed at all. Defiantly will not keep this one either will I ever want to take this class again.

[Bianca · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very basic introduction to statistics. Good if you are learning these stats for the first time or for a quick refresher.

[Josh · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent statistics book with very good explanation. However, I do wish there was more examples regarding the field of psychology.

[Jessica Bensinger · Rating 3 out of 5]

A helpful resource