Understanding Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac),   ISBN:9780534617677

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Pagano does a very nice job with this text. Not only does he explain the meaning and relevance of the statistical tests, he gives very thorough instructions and clear examples of how to carry them out in practice. The strength of the book is that it makes everything come full circle. All in the same chapter, you learn when to use a particular test, how to calculate the test, and what the results actually mean, as well as any assumptions and shortcomings of the test you're using.

Pagano also incorporates several real-world examples of the tests being used (correctly and incorrectly), which was very helpful to me. It meant that I could take the tests I learned in the course and apply them to other psychology courses with confidence. When I read about a t-test being performed in a certain study, I actually knew what it meant and what it could and could not prove.

This is an excellent text to gain a strong base knowledge in statistics. It is very user-friendly, easy to read, with many examples. It also has a good number of practice problems at the back of each chapter, which were useful for extra homework practice.

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Statistics can be a very abstract topic and Statisticians speak in a language all their own. This book was the assigned text for my graduate level statistics class. Pagano, at times, speaks an English language we all can understand and uses real-world examples for many of the topics covered in the book. Still, I would not recommend trying to understand this book or its subject matter without actually being enrolled in statistics course, but it is a very good text for statistics students, even those without strong math backgrounds, to understand.

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This product was just as described. It was delivered within a satisfactory period of time and it was brand new. No complaints! A+++

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The info contained in the chapters is pretty good and I appreciated the examples of how to do the work, however...if you're a student and you want to check your homework, that might be a little hard. The author only lists SOME of the answers to the homework, and the answers they do have usually don't tell you how they arrived at those answers. What they NEED to provide is a student solutions manual. I'd be happy to pay extra for it, but they don't have it. They do sell a student study guide, which I did purchase and that does help some, but it's not even close to what would allow the student to understand the homework problems in a step by step manner. Would someone at the publishing house PLEASE provide a student solutions manual??? PLEEEEASE!!!!!!!!

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The easiest and best Undergraduate Statistics' Textbook that I have found . Excellent examples which are very practical an easy to understand . Professor Pagano is a superstar Teacher with many years of experience and students who have have him have been so fortunate .

Nestor Mantilla