That is the book I used some years back and would immediately be my first one to look at if I were to teach such a course again.
Paul C. Bernhardt Department of Psychology Frostburg State University Frostburg, Maryland -----Original Message----- From: Ken Steele [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Fri 10/30/2009 3:52 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] Intro Statistics Text recommendation Hi Nancy: Check out textbooks by Fred Gravetter. Gravetter & Wallnau "Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences" has lots of practice problems. The authors have a "lighter" version of the text, "Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences" that may be worth checking out. Ken --------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [email protected] Professor and Assistant Chairperson Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --------------------------------------------------------------- [email protected] wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I have been asked to teach baby Stats (again) for psychology at a school > where my teacher evaluations have been generally decent but the faculty > evaluator, who looks at our course materials, does not like my choice of > book. > > I use Bluman Brief Edition (4th) which is not a "Psych Stats" book. The > examples and practice problems (of which there are a lot, that's why I > like the book) cover a variety of social, educational, criminal justice > and business applications...there are a few pure psych problems mixed > in, not many. The course includes lecture time (during which I teach > concepts and lots of by hand-solving of problems) and an SPSS lab. > > I would like to keep my job at this CSU (a concern in our current budget > environment), but I am reluctant to part with my book. I like it. Other > "stats for psych" books I've used have had far fewer practice problems > available and emphasize "teaching the concepts". I hate that. I know I > can supply my own problems but I was hoping that someone out there knows > of a "stats for psych" book that at least provides a balance between > conceptual understanding and teaching students to grasp and perform the > processes of statistical calculation with lots of real practice > problems, related to psych and the social sciences closely allied to it. > > Before I go through the nuisance of doing this and having to learn > someone else's way of doing some of the procedures (every book has a few > of its own idiosyncratic presentations of formulae), I thought I might > at least find a book, with your help, that provides a decent number of > practice problems. > > PS. I don't want to discuss whether teaching the hand calculations is > necessary. I could never learn mathematics by reading descriptions of > how to do it. Before they learn SPSS, they need to learn at least a very > basic version of what SPSS does. It's like teaching someone to use a > calculator without teaching them to add, subtract, multiply etc. with > his or her own brain first. > > Thanks for your help - and have a good weekend too. > > Nancy Melucci > Long Beach CIty College > Long Beach CA > > > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
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