Quantitative Models in Psychology

by Robert E. McGrath

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Author: Robert E. McGrath

Publisher: American Psychological Association

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ISBN 10: 1433809591
ISBN 13: 978-1433809590

With clear prose and a reader-friendly format, Robert E. McGrath introduces a conceptual framework for understanding the entire spectrum of quantitative modeling procedures used in psychology while providing a solid grounding in its methods and practices. The result is a comprehensive survey of quantitative methods and concepts in psychology that covers everything needed at the graduate level and beyond, including generalizing from samples to populations, using measurement instruments to generate quantitative scales, discovering alternatives to null hypothesis significance testing, and modeling real-world patterns and relationships.

This book presents the most important and practically relevant quantitative models for the behavioral and social sciences and encourages psychologists and graduate students to think critically about the limitations of the methods currently in use.

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There are two basic problems with taking a statistics course. The first is that you almost never have good mental schema for taking the material in. Thus, while you are trying to develop an organizational structure for understanding the basic ideas of the course, you miss all the nuances and refinements that are critical to developing in-depth knowledge and a real appreciation for the material...

In Quantitative Models in Psychology,, McGrath has written a book that explains all those things you really didn t understand when you took statistics the first time. This is the book of statistical do-overs. And the beauty of it is that McGrath is a clinical psychologist. He feels your quantitative pain. What McGrath has done in Quantitative Models is to very clearly imagine his reader and write a book directly geared to that reader. It is an exceptional accomplishment...

Quantitative Models in Psychology is an exceptional piece of scholarship, highly readable, and, in all likelihood, will make you a better psychologist! --PsycCRITIQUES, February 22, 2012, Vol. 57, No. 8, Article 4

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With clear prose and a reader-friendly format, Robert E. McGrath introduces a conceptual framework for understanding the entire spectrum of quantitative modeling procedures used in psychology while providing a solid grounding in its methods and practices. The result is a comprehensive survey of quantitative methods and concepts in psychology that covers everything needed at the graduate level and beyond, including generalizing from samples to populations, using measurement instruments to generate quantitative scales, discovering alternatives to null hypothesis significance testing, and modeling real-world patterns and relationships.

This book presents the most important and practically relevant quantitative models for the behavioral and social sciences and encourages psychologists and graduate students to think critically about the limitations of the methods currently in use.

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