Fundamental Statistics for Behavioral Sciences

This eighth edition of McCall's well-respected book continues to present concepts in a way that students can easily understand. The new edition has been updated throughout and now includes recommendations by the APA Task Force on Statistical Inference. As in previous editions, McCall helps students see the many real applications of statistics to research in the behavioral sciences. Taking a traditional approach to teaching the basic statistical concepts and methods used in behavioral research. McCall emphasizes building an understanding of the logic of statistics rather than stressing the mechanics. In this exciting revision, McCall continues to keep the data for the computational problems simple, so your students can focus on the rationale and outcome of techniques rather on the calculations themselves. Using clear discussion, a wide variety of end-of-chapter exercises, and examples drawn from actual studies, McCall helps students learn how to choose appropriate statistical methods and correctly interpret the results. Also retained in this edition are the author's step-by-step explanations for each proof and his clear definitions of symbols--the essential vocabulary of statistics--that have been so successful in helping students master the material.

Robert B. McCall is Professor of Psychology and CoDirector of the University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development. He is the author of 24 editions of textbooks and guides and several hundred books, chapters, and articles for scholarly audiences and the general public. As a methodologist, he has published numerous articles and handbook chapters on statistics and longitudinal design, and he has been on the permanent editorial boards of a dozen journals and book series, including Psychological Methods. As a developmental psychologist, Dr. McCall is a specialist in infant attention and cognition as predictors of later IQ and in developmental changes in general mental performance. He was honored with the 1994 American Psychological Association Distinguished Contribution to Public Service for communicating psychology to the general public through the media and for inaugerating the University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development, which promotes and conducts interdisciplinary university-community educational, research, human service demonstration, and policy projects.