Includes bibliographical references (pages 897-903) and index.

About the author -- Acknowledgments -- Preface to the instructor -- To the student : how to use spss with this book -- Introduction and descriptive statistics -- Introduction to statistics -- Summarizing data: frequency distributions in tables and graphs -- Summarizing data: central tendency -- Summarizing data: variability -- Probability and the foundations of inferential statistics -- Probability -- Probability, normal distributions, and Z scores -- Probability and sampling distributions -- Making inferences about one or two means -- Hypothesis testing: significance, effect size, and power -- Testing means : one-sample and two-independent-sample t tests -- Testing means : the related-samples T test -- Estimation and confidence intervals -- Making inferences about the variability of two or more means -- Analysis of variance: one-way between-subjects design -- Analysis of variance : one-way within-subjects (repeated-measures) design -- Analysis of variance: two-way between-subjects factorial design -- Making inferences about patterns, frequencies, and ordinal data -- Correlation -- Linear regression and multiple regression -- Nonparametric tests: chi-square tests -- Nonparametric tests: tests for ordinal data -- Afterword -- Appendix A. Overview of core statistical concepts and the behavioral sciences -- Appendix B. Basic math review and summation notation -- Appendix C. SPSSs general instructions guide -- Appendix D. Statistical tables -- Appendix E. Chapter solutions for even-numbered problems -- Glossary -- References.