TY - BOOK AU - Smithson,Michael TI - Statistics with confidence T2 - Sage foundations of psychology series SN - 0585386749 AV - BF39 S65 2000eb U1 - 150.15195 21 PY - 2000/// CY - London PB - Sage KW - Psychometrics KW - Psychology KW - Statistical methods KW - Psychométrie KW - Psychologie KW - Méthodes statistiques KW - PSYCHOLOGY KW - Research & Methodology KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Statistiek KW - gtt KW - ram KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Uncertainty and Psychological Research; 2 Variables and Measurement; 3 Exploring, Describing, Displaying and Summarizing; 4 Research Design and Probability; 5 Sampling Distributions and Confidence Intervals; 6 Statistical Models and Significance Tests; 7 Predicting a Quantitiave Variable from a Categorical Variable: The t-Test and Analysis of Variance; 8 Quantitative Predictors: Regression and Correlation; 9 Predicting Categorical Variables: Contingency Tables and Chi-Square; 10 More than Two Variables: A Peek at Multivariate Analysis; 11 Putting Statistics into PerspectiveReferences; Answers to Selected Questions and Exercises; Appendix -- Statistical Tables; Index; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - In a new approach, Michael Smithson corrects some widely acknowledged problems associated with traditional approaches to psychometrics in the psychology setting. The author assumes the reader has a basic understanding of statistics UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=63262 ER -