Statistics for the Social Sciences

Russell T. Warne is an associate professor of psychology at Utah Valley University, USA, where he has taught since 2011. He has won awards from the Southwest Educational Research Association, National Association for Gifted Children, and Mensa. He is an associate editor for the Journal for the Education of the Gifted and serves on the editorial boards for Intelligence, the Journal of School Psychology, Gifted Child Quarterly, and the Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. He is also the author of In the Know: Debunking 35 Myths About Human Intelligence (Cambridge University Press).

• 1. Statistics and Models; 2. Levels of Data; 3. Models of Central Tendency and Variability; 4. Visual Models; 5. Linear Transformations and z-Scores; 6. Probability and the Central Limit Theorem; 7. Null Hypothesis Statistical Significance Testing and z-Tests; 8. One-Sample t-Tests; 9. Paired-Samples t-Tests; 10. Unpaired Two-Sample t-Tests; 11. Analysis of Variance; 12. Correlation; 13. Regression; 14. Chi-Squared Test; 15 Applying Statistics to Research, and Advanced Statistical Methods.

'Dr Warne's gift for teaching statistics is apparent in his writing of this book. Indeed, I wish I had this book when I was a student. His use of the General Linear Model as a schema for understanding how statistical methods are interrelated sets the book apart from others.' Leena J. Landmark, Associate Professor of Special Education, Sam Houston State University, USA