Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences: A Brief Course

by Arthur Aron, Elaine N. Aron, Elliot J. Coups

For one-quarter/semester courses that focus on the basics or combine statistics with research methods. By using definitional formulas to emphasize the concepts of statistics, rather than rote memorization, students work problems in a way that keeps them constantly aware of the underlying logic of what they are doing. Here, in the fourth edition of Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, t he authors have refined their text by building off an already well-established approach - emphasizing the intuitive, deemphasizing the mathematical, and explaining everything in direct, simple language - but also going beyond these principles to both further student understanding and stimulate the long-suffering community of statistics instructors. By using definitional formulas to emphasize the concepts of statistics, rather than rote memorization, students work problems in a way that keeps them constantly aware of the underlying logic of what they are doing.

Genres: Psychology, Science, Nonfiction, Academic

477 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Arthur Aron received a bachelor's degree in psychology and philosophy in 1967 and a master's degree in social psychology in 1968, both from the University of California at Berkeley. He earned a PhD in social psychology from the University of Toronto in 1970.

Aron's work focuses on the role, creation, and maintenance of friendship and intimacy in interpersonal relationships. He developed the self-expansion model of close relationships; it posits that one of the motivations humans have for forming close relationships is self-expansion, i.e., "expansion of the self", or personal growth and development.

Aron is married to Elaine Aron, also a psychologist.

Reviews

[Dave Leichter · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book gives an overview of various statistical methods and tests. Its tone is extremely condescending, and is often needlessly redundant. It is also really sad that the authors basically admit at the end of the book that have left you unprepared to read and understand a real statistics book.

[James · Rating 1 out of 5]

$115.00 later.

[christopher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best class yet. Got an A and loved every minute. The book was really straight forward with lots of problems worked out that helped me get a quick grasp of the topics and easily complete my homework.

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent introduction to statistics text for college students.