Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences 10th Edition by Frederick Gravetter, Larry Wallnau, Lori-Ann Forzano, James Witnauer ISBN 0357365291 9780357365298

Chapter 1. Introduction to Statistics

1-1. Statistics and Behavioral Sciences

1-2. Observations, Measurement, and Variables

1-3. Three Data Structures, Research Methods, and Statistics

1-4. Statistical Notation

Chapter 2. Frequency Distributions

2-1. Frequency Distributions and Frequency Distribution Tables

2-2. Grouped Frequency Distribution Tables

2-3. Frequency Distribution Graphs

2-4. Stem and Leaf Displays

Chapter 3. Central Tendency

3-1. Overview

3-2. The Mean

3-3. The Median

3-4. The Mode

3-5. Central Tendency and the Shape of the Distribution

3-6. Selecting a Measure of Central Tendency

Chapter 4. Variability

4-1. Introduction to Variability

4-2. Defining Variance and Standard Deviation

4-3. Measuring Variance and Standard Deviation for a Population

4-4. Measuring Variance and Standard Deviation for a Sample

4-5. Sample Variance as an Unbiased Statistic

4-6. More about Variance and Standard Deviation

Chapter 5. z-Scores: Location of Scores and Standardized Distributions

5-1. Introduction

5-3. Other Relationships between z, X, the Mean, and the Standard Deviation

5-4. Using z-Scores to Standardize a Distribution

5-5. Other Standardized Distributions Based on z-Scores

5-6. Looking Ahead to Inferential Statistics

Chapter 6. Probability

6-1. Introduction to Probability

6-2. Probability and the Normal Distribution

6-3. Probabilities and Proportions for Scores from a Normal Distribution

6-4. Percentiles and Percentile Ranks

6-5. Looking Ahead to Inferential Statistics

Chapter 7. Probability and Samples: The Distribution of Sample Means

7-1. Samples, Populations, and the Distribution of Sample Means

7-2. Shape, Central Tendency, and Variability for the Distribution of Sample Means

7-3. z-Scores and Probability for Sample Means

7-4. More about Standard Error

7-5. Looking Ahead to Inferential Statistics

Chapter 8. Introduction to Hypothesis Testing

8-1. The Logic of Hypothesis Testing

8-2. Uncertainty and Errors in Hypothesis Testing

8-3. More about Hypothesis Tests

8-4. Directional (One-Tailed) Hypothesis Tests

8-5. Concerns about Hypothesis Testing: Measuring Effect Size

8-6. Statistical Power