Statistics in psychology : an historical perspective / Michael Cowles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cowles, Michael, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology--Statistical methods--History.

Psychology.

Social sciences--Statistical methods--History.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents an historical overview of the field--from its development to the present--at an accessible mathematical level. This edition features two new chapters--one on factor analysis and the other on the rise of ANOVA usage in psychological research. Written for psychology, as well as other social science students, this book introduces the major personalities and their roles in the development of the field. It provides insight into the disciplines of statistics and experimental design through the examination of the character of its founders and the nature of their views, whi

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Development of Statistics; 2 Science, Psychology, and Statistics; 3 Measurement; 4 The Organization of Data; 5 Probability; 6 Distributions; 7 Practical Inference; 8 Sampling and Estimation; 9 Sampling Distributions; 10 Comparisons, Correlations, and Predictions; 11 Factor Analysis; 12 The Design of Experiments; 13 Assessing Differences and Having Confidence; 14 Treatments and Effects: The Rise of ANOVA; 15 The Statistical Hotpot; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-253) and indexes.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-32616-3

9786612326165

1-4106-1238-4

9781410612380

OCLC:

475934505