Statistics for Psychology

by Arthur Aron, Elaine N. Aron

An introductory text combining features of traditional and newer treatments of statistics, incorporating emphasis on definitional formulas, statistical methods, and preparation for research in an intuitive approach. Each procedure is explained with verbal and numerical, and often visual, examples. Pedagogical features include chapter summaries, key terms, and practice problems, plus boxes on topics of interest. This second edition contains new material on probability, repeated measures analysis of variance, and confidence intervals, and includes more multicultural examples. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Textbooks, School, Reference, Mathematics

643 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1993

About the author

Arthur Aron received a bachelor's degree in psychology and philosophy in 1967 and a master's degree in social psychology in 1968, both from the University of California at Berkeley. He earned a PhD in social psychology from the University of Toronto in 1970.

Aron's work focuses on the role, creation, and maintenance of friendship and intimacy in interpersonal relationships. He developed the self-expansion model of close relationships; it posits that one of the motivations humans have for forming close relationships is self-expansion, i.e., "expansion of the self", or personal growth and development.

Aron is married to Elaine Aron, also a psychologist.

Reviews

[L · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been carrying this around with me for ten months and a tangible weight is going to fall off my shoulders when I finally drop it into the returns bin.

(Although, to be fair, it did cure me of my false belief that I couldn't learn statistics. Which explains the five stars.)

[Grant Clover · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m gonna take credit for reading this, because, heck, I made it through this thing. I should probably appreciate it more because it was very helpful in my class, but I still want to burn it alive. *pumps fist at numbers*

[Brittany · Rating 5 out of 5]

It broke down the concepts to easy steps, and the steps stayed constant through the whole book. The boxes the authors added in were at times rather amusing (I found myself laughing at the jokes they inserted in their boxes in which they explained the love some people feel for stats). The authors also added in boxes about famous statistics which, to be honest I had never heard any of them of before now, so that was an interesting way to break up the mathematical information.

Overall I thought this was a good textbook, it presented the information clearly, gave examples often and explained every step (sometimes to the point where it was a little redundant) and allowed the reader to read the steps in words, then in formulas, then with examples and then allowed the reader to try it out with problem questions both in the chapter and after the chapter in the summary section. Also (and I don't know if this is the norm in stats textbooks) it broke down how to use SPSS which I liked because that program I found could be a bit confusing.

[Caroline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Statistics is that one class a psych major takes that gives them the little reality check that science is going to involve math. Take a deep breath! It's okay. You can do it. This book breaks it down and gives a solid foundation for future statistic endeavors.

[Linda · Rating 1 out of 5]

I get that a professor at my school wrote it, and it's supposed to be a good guide for stats, but...and maybe I just don't like statistics...it was TOO CONFUSING!

[McKenzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

For a statistics book this was surprisingly easy to understand and helped me ace my class. It also has great real world connections.

[Voracious · Rating 1 out of 5]

What can I say...I don't love math.

[Serena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for stats. I felt like I could follow along easily and had all the info I needed easily when I needed to find something for my homework and was stuck.