Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences

by Susan A. Nolan, Thomas Heinzen

Nolan and Heinzen’s uniquely effective introduction to statistics captivates students with its real-world storytelling and examples, its highly visual approach to teaching statistics, its accessible treatment of mathematical topics, and its helpful, step-by-step worked examples. The new edition focuses on enhancing those signature strengths while adding powerful new tools to the book’s media offerings.What's in the LaunchPad

Genres: Psychology

704 pages, Hardcover

First published September 18, 2007

Reviews

[Cody · Rating 2 out of 5]

Virtually unusable ebook

I think the information in this book is find. However, do NOT buy the e-version for kindle. It is truly an atrocity because you can hardly use it at all. Most of the pages will not load, the formulas are formatted incorrectly (which renders most of what you’re learning grossly misleading and inaccurate), and the pages will glitch so that you will “turn” to the same page over and over before it leaps you ahead like 15 pages. Definitely buy the hard copy.

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 4 out of 5]

I finished Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences & e-Book Access Card feeling kind of wrecked, in a good way. Susan A. Nolan doesn't hold your hand through the grief, and that's what makes it work. There's a quiet scene near the middle where nothing happens except two people doing dishes, and it somehow hurt more than the big funeral chapter. The only thing that bugged me was a handful of side characters who show up just to say something wise. For readers who can handle sad. Not for anyone looking for a feel-good escape.

[Rom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably not the best, definitely not the worst.

[McKenzie · Rating 3 out of 5]

The authors attempt to make statistics as painless as possible, but this is just a painful subject. Their descriptions are mostly clear, though the graphics, captions, and tables tend to be repetitive and don't add any understanding to what is already in the text. Luckily my class didn't have to do the hand calculations, so I am not sure how clear those sections are. I'll keep this to help with my thesis, but I definitely got more out of my other statistics book this semester, which focused on how to use these techniques in SPSS.