Psychology Statistics For Dummies

Bought when I was a psychology student and wanted to die every time someone mentioned SPSS. Book did help with project managed to bag a 55...how I dont know. Buttt I smashed a 2:1 overall soooo yeah it does help break it down and show you how to write the sections

When in a rush, and you have some basics (Mean, Median, Mode & Range) this is the book to go for. No fuss/frills calmly talks you through what needs to be done. It even gives you test others have neglected to mention such as Kendall tau and the reasons these are more appropriate in some cases (tied ranks of data/smaller sample) in comparison to say Spearman rho-The author lays out how to write the equations/results in the correct scientific method according to APA. Whilst all the time explaining what you are doing. if you have this book you don't need to buy any other.That said it's not basic enough to tell you what test to use for which investigation you have to have a rough idea...and doesn't have nice colourful charts. There is no visual Flow charts - to help guide you on the correct investigation and tests to conduct.But it's a solid book and one worth investing in- buy it!

Learning about the statistical side of psychology, this is a great reference and has given me the confidence I needed to understand how to analyse the results of my research. Starts with the basics, gives a solid grounding of basics statistics and explains, using everyday language and examples, the reason to use the various methods and good clear examples. Gives some examples on using SPSS (note, PSPP is a free alternative and although not completely the same, I was able to find all the basics).

I have been really struggling with learning statistics but this book has helped enourmously. It's broken down in segments and speaks ordinary language. Nothing fancy but that's the delight of Dummies books. I've purchased a few now over the yrs when tackling certain subjects and they all seem to 'uncomplicate' subjects so worth investing in. This book goes back to basics which is a big help as maths was my nemesis. Worth buying n I received nxt day so excellent service. Highly recommended

I did not realise there would be so much focus on SSPS. It is mostly about using this programme. I use R, but I thought that this book would help me with the stats side of things, but, really, this is a book about SSPS. Also, it assumes a basic understanding of maths, which I don't really have, so it wasn't very helpful.