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Multivariate Applications Series
Understanding the New Statistics: Effect Sizes, Confidence Intervals, and Meta-Analysis
First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
537 pages, Unknown Binding
First published July 14, 2011
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May 14, 2020
Wonderful and enlightening when it comes to getting your head out of NHST. The critiques of NHST aren't new, but this does a wonderful job of really demonstrating the utility of CIs and their full range of applications. It was very "pitchy" at times for the author's developed software, but I don't blame Geoff Cumming for promoting such a great tool.
January 24, 2025
Explains advanced statistics relatively well. It over-explains a little, however, for some concepts this is necessary in order to understand further content later.
It is a highly specific read - it was useful for my Psychology BSc but it much of it is more advanced than an undergraduate level. Nevertheless, I recommend reading books like this for undergrads. While it isn't designed to be overly assessable (do not expect it to read like a textbook), it is proficient enough in explanation to understand some advanced concepts at this level after a couple looks.
Perfect for those interested in social scientific inquiry and want to develop their ways of thinking on how statistical inference can be used to understand behaviour.
My only quarrel with it is the formatting. I find the text is small and the bright white pages are a bit blinding for someone with dyslexia. For readers without Dyslexia, this may not be too much of an issue.
It is a highly specific read - it was useful for my Psychology BSc but it much of it is more advanced than an undergraduate level. Nevertheless, I recommend reading books like this for undergrads. While it isn't designed to be overly assessable (do not expect it to read like a textbook), it is proficient enough in explanation to understand some advanced concepts at this level after a couple looks.
Perfect for those interested in social scientific inquiry and want to develop their ways of thinking on how statistical inference can be used to understand behaviour.
My only quarrel with it is the formatting. I find the text is small and the bright white pages are a bit blinding for someone with dyslexia. For readers without Dyslexia, this may not be too much of an issue.
September 3, 2017
Cumming's book promotes the new statistics (ie meta-analysis, noncentral t distribution, Cohen's d, precisions). He attempts to replace the traditional or old statistics (eg null hypothesis significance testing) with the new statistics. He also promotes the use of Exploratory Software for Confidence Intervals (ESCI). Particularly, the animation, examples, and conversational styles make this book a great read. I never imagine that statistics could be this fun and learnable!
July 24, 2021
Such an approachable book for such an important method for scientists and laypeople alike.
January 23, 2014
Fantastic! As the author says, the statistics he is advocating are not new, but if people really used them it would be new. His ESCI program is great for helping people understand complicated and un-intuitive concepts. I'm going to incorporate it into my statistics book!
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