Explaining Psychological Statistics

by Barry H. Cohen

Praise for the previous edition of Explaining Psychological Statistics "I teach a master's level, one-semester statistics course, and it is a challenge to find a textbook that is at the right level. Barry Cohen's book is the best one I have found. . . . I like the fact that the chapters have different sections that allow the professor to decide how much depth of coverage to include in his/her course. . . . This is a strong and improved edition of an already good book." —Karen Caplovitz Barrett, PhD, Professor, and Assistant Department Head of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University "The quality is uniformly good. . . . This is not the first statistics text I have read but it is one of the best." —Michael Dosch, PhD, MS, CRNA, Associate Professor and Chair, Nurse Anesthesia, University of Detroit Mercy A clear and accessible statistics text— now fully updated and revised Now with a new chapter showing students how to apply the right test in the right way to yield the most accurate and true result, Explaining Psychological Statistics, Fourth Edition offers students an engaging introduction to the field. Presenting the material in a logically flowing, non-intimidating way, this comprehensive text covers both introductory and advanced topics in statistics, from the basic concepts (and limitations) of null hypothesis testing to mixed-design ANOVA and multiple regression. The Fourth Edition

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Textbooks

848 pages, Hardcover

First published November 7, 1995

Reviews

[Alis · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 🙄

[Charles Theiner · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book completely saved my life my first semester of college. I failed to pay attention in my psych stats (#freshmanyearsucks) but with the help of this book, I was able not only to catch up, but also get nothing but As throughout the remaining semester. Granted I ended up with a C+, but I pulled it up after getting a solid F on the midterm.
It's readable, understandable and starts from the ground up. Plenty of practice problems and clearly formatted in a way that even someone who abhors math can understand it if they work at it.

[Joe · Rating 1 out of 5]

I suppose that me saying that I read this entire book is a lie. I only read it until I figured I could get by in the class without reading it. I think it'll be the first book from my doctoral program that gets sold back to the bookstore. It would probably be good for someone going into advanced statistics, but guess what. That's not me.

[Cristina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read about half of it (just the topics I was interested in); in my opinion, if you need or want to understand psychological statistics, this is THE book to read. Barry Cohen does a great job explaining everything in such a way that pretty much anybody can understand, provided that you have some basic math knowledge - and I really mean basic.

[Muhammad al-Khwarizmi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a very good book barring a few typos up until Chapter 13 when things started getting very opaque. I am glad to have finally learned the essentials of ANOVA but the advanced topics will have to come from some other title.

[Cristina]

easy-to-read overview of psych stats

[Andra · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've read the chapters needed for uni, Cohen explains stuff better then the teacher and that's a bit better but as studying this it's awful , I think I'll forget everything in a week