Psychology Statistics For Dummies

The introduction to statistics that psychology students can't afford to be withoutUnderstanding statistics is a requirement for obtaining and making the most of a degree in psychology, a fact of life that often takes first year psychology students by surprise. Filled with jargon-free explanations and real-life examples, Psychology Statistics For Dummies makes the often-confusing world of statistics a lot less baffling, and provides you with the step-by-step instructions necessary for carrying out data analysis.Psychology Statistics For Dummies:

• Serves as an easily accessible supplement to doorstop-sized psychology textbooks
• Provides psychology students with psychology-specific statistics instruction
• Includes clear explanations and instruction on performing statistical analysis
• Teaches students how to analyze their data with SPSS, the most widely used statistical packages among students

Donncha Hanna, PhD is a psychology lecturer at Queen's University Belfast whose primary teaching responsibilities include statistics and research methods. Martin Dempster, PhD is a health psychologist and the research coordinator for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programme at Queen's University Belfast.