Marc,
Sorry I'm just now getting this to you, but I find Fundamentals of
Behavioral Statictics by Runyon, Coleman, & Pittenger (2000, McGraw Hill) to
be an excellent stats text. The level of presentation goes beyond the
standard cookbook style and requires a little more in-depth thinking on the
part of the students (and me).
Larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: G. Marc Turner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 5:06 PM
> To: TIPS
> Subject: Summary: Stats Book
>
>
> Here's the summary of responses to my request for information about books
> for an undergraduate course in statistics:
>
> Text's by Aron & Aron were mentioned the most (3 mentions). But, they
> actually have two textbooks out: _Statistics for Psychology_ (1999) and
> _Statistics for Behavioral and Social Sciences_ (1997), both by Prentice
> Hall. Responses were generally that it was a good choice to use and aimed
> at the appropriate level for undergrads. SPSS is integrated into the
> workbook, but not the text.
>
> Running a close second, was Gravetter & Wallnau (2 mentions). I
> believe the
> book is put out by West Publishing. This is actually the text
> others in the
> department are using for the course (and the one I used when taking my
> undergrad stats course!) SPSS info is through a supplement to the text.
>
> Finally, _Basic Statistics for Behavioral Science Research_ by Harris was
> mentioned by 1 person. Another text aimed at the appropriate level.
>
> There were two other texts mentioned, but without much additional
> information provided. I've put in requests for several exam
> copies of these
> and other texts. A big thank you to all who responded!
>
> - Marc
>
> G. Marc Turner, MEd
> Lecturer & Head of Computer Operations
> Department of Psychology
> Southwest Texas State University
> San Marcos, TX 78666
> phone: (512)245-2526
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