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Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology

Author: Hugh Coolican
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

7 reviews
Sales Rank: 6208

Media: Paperback
Edition: 4Rev Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 728
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.3 x 1.4

ISBN: 0340812583
Dewey Decimal Number: 150.72
EAN: 9780340812587
ASIN: 0340812583

Publication Date: April 30, 2004
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Condition: Excellent condition, bought a year ago but never needed to use it!

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5 out of 5 stars

Excellent book July 10, 2008
This has everything you need to get your head round research methods. One tiny criticism - it good do with a bit of colour to cheer the pages up.

4 out of 5 stars

A very good introductory textbook November 7, 2007
As a first year psychology student I found this an invaluable resource to simplify understanding of statistical tests and methods which other textbooks over-complicated, and generally did not explain very well.

Ironically, it simplifies more complex material rather nicely but misses out some key points on some of the simpler statistical analyses, such as measures of central tendency.

The most useful part of the textbook is telling users how to perform the tests and analyses talked about in the book into SPSS, which will aid any psychology student no end.

5 out of 5 stars

Very pleased January 30, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book just arrived and it is as good as other reviews say. I've dreaded this assignment, but the book has changed my mind. Extremely accessible and fun, takes the dread away.

5 out of 5 stars

Research methods and statistics in psychology October 19, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful

When this arrived I was lost on my first psychology report, the easy to follow instructions helped me through. I will continue to let it guide me and recommend it to all other psychology students.

4 out of 5 stars

Extensive, but a little annoying at times January 19, 2003
31 out of 35 found this review helpful

This is a pretty good introduction to statistics, especially for complete beginners. I had to buy it for a course, and at first wasn't too impressed with it, primarily because of the writing style. The author keeps the tone very light and says many jokes and funny things, which never bothered me. What did irritate me was that he also has a tendency to really "dumb-down" everything, to the point where you feel like it has been written for younger students, rather than university students (which I gather it sort of was).

However, I figured out after working my way through the course that the text is actually pretty good: it covers several statistical tests that other texts skip. Tests detailed include: binomial sign test, Chi-square, Wilcoxon matched pairs signed ranks, Mann-Whitney U, Wilcoxon rank sum, t test, Pearson's correlation, Spearman's rho, regression (including multiple), Kruskal-Wallis, Jonkheere trend, Friedman, Page trend, ANOVA (one-way, two-way, more-than-two-way, unrelated and related), MANOVA, ANCOVA. It also covers the design of experiments in detail. And the author really does make an effort to explain everything fully, for readers who have neither a statistical background nor even a strong maths background. It serves as a really good reference, even if reading it is a bit painful.

In short, I doubt this is the best statistics book out there, but it is the best statistics reference book I've seen yet. So I would recommend it if you are starting from scratch. But if you are comfortable with maths or even basic statistics, I wouldn't bother this book, as I'm sure you'll find it as irritating to read as I did.