Marc,
hope this is not too late but only coming back from holidays and trying to
catch up. I wonder has anyone mentioned the website
http://www.FacultyOnline.com. It claims to review textbooks but
unfortunately in practice it is a very hit and miss affair. It does however
claim to identify the top ten best sellers in any specific academic
category. Unfortunately when you access psychology statistics or
methodology books they do not list any top ten titles. If on the other hand
you do a title search you can determine whether any particular book is a top
ten best seller. Of course being a top ten best seller does not guarantee
'pedagogical utility', but when you have little else to go on it must be
worth something.
Books that I have identified as top ten best sellers are:
Runyon, R.P, Coleman, K.A. & Pittenger (2000). Fundamentals of Behavioral
Statistics. McGraw Hill.
Shaughnessy, J.J., Zechmeister, E.B. & Zechmeister, J.S. (2000). Research
Methods in Psychology. McGraw Hill.
Howell, D.C. (1999). Fundamental Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences.
Duuxbury Press.
I have all three of these books and they are all introductory texts. Howell
is a little more advanced (although not as much as his offering 'Statistical
methods for Psychology'). It is fairly lucid although some of the research
examples he quotes may require a bit of effort for some undergraduates to
grasp. Runyon is very clear and has good web support. Shaunghnessy is
possibly not quite as good although it also has its strong points. None of
them however have SPSS instructions integrated with their text which is
their main drawback.
Hinkle , D. (1998) Applied statistics for the behavioral sciences (4/e) was
also highly recommended to me although I have not read it myself. It is
also listed as a top ten best seller.
Hope this was of help.
Michael.
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Michael Gormley Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Dublin
Trinity College
Dublin 2
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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