TY - BOOK AU - Mohanty, Banamali AU - Misra, Santa TI - Statistics for behavioural and social sciences SN - 9789351501817 U1 - 519.5 PY - 2016/// CY - New Delhi PB - Sage KW - statistical methods KW - psychology KW - social sciences KW - psychology Statistical methods KW - psychological test N1 - Donated by: Student; Contents: Basic ideas in statistics Presentation of data Measures of central tendency Measures of variability Percentiles and percentile rank Probability, binomial and Poisson distributions Standard scores and the normal probability curve Testing of hypothesis Correlation Regression Significance of the mean and other statistics Significance of the difference between means and other statistics Experimental design: an introduction Analysis of variance (independent measures) Analysis of variance (repeated measures) Non-parametric statistics Some other non-parametric statistical tests Psychological test construction N2 - Summary: This book would prove to be an indispensable guide for students of psychology and other subjects under the domain of social sciences.Feature Highlights: Lucid explanation aided by step-by-step demonstration of the use of statistical toolsSpecial emphasis on schematic representation of layouts of ANVOASpecial inclusion of chapter on psychological test constructionEach chapter aided by review questions and practice problemsCovers the course requirement of major Indian universitiesThree complementary chapters available online Table of contents PrefaceBasic Ideas in StatisticsPresentation of DataMeasures of Central TendencyMeasures of VariabilityPercentiles and Percentile RankProbability, Binomial and Poisson DistributionStandard Scores and the Normal Probability CurveTesting of HypothesisCorrelationRegressionSignificance of the Mean and Other StatisticsSignificance of the Difference between Means and other ER -