1. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Displaying the order in a group of numbers Chapter 2 Central tendency and variability Chapter 3 Some key ingredients for inferential statistics: Z scores, the normal curve, sample versus population, and probability Chapter 4 Introduction to hypothesis testing Chapter 5 Hypothesis testing with means of samples Chapter 6 Making sense of statistical significance: Effect size and statistical power Chapter 7 Introduction to the t test: Single sample and dependent means Chapter 8 The t test for independent means Chapter 9 Introduction to the analysis of variance Chapter 10 Factorial analysis of variance Chapter 11 Correlation Chapter 12 Prediction Chapter 13 Chi-square tests Chapter 14 Strategies when population distributions are not normal: Data transformations and rank-order tests Chapter 15 Integration and the general linear model and Making sense of advanced statistical procedures in research articles 2. FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Displaying the order in a group of numbers The Two Branches of Statistical Methods Some Basic Concepts Frequency Tables Histograms Shapes of Frequency Distributions Controversy: Misleading Graphs Frequency Tables and Histograms in Research Articles Summary Key Terms Example Worked-Out Problems Practice Problems Using SPSS Chapter Note Chapter 2: Central tendency and variability Central Tendency Variability Controversy: The Tyranny of the Mean Central Tendency and Variability in Research Articles Summary Key Terms Example Worked-Out Problems Practice Problems Using SPSS Chapter Note Chapter 3: Some key ingredients for inferential statistics: Z scores, the normal curve, sample versus population, and probability Z Scores The Normal Curve Sample and Population Probability Controversies: Is the Normal Curve Really So Normal? And Using Nonrandom Samples Z Scores, Normal Curves, Samples and Populations, and Probabilities in Research Articles Advanced Topics: Probability Rules and Conditional Probabilities Summary Key Terms Example Worked-Out Problems Practice Problems Using SPSS Chapter Note Chapter 4: Introduction to hypothesis testing A Hypothesis-Testing Example The Core Logic of Hypothesis Testing The Hypothesis-Testing Process One-Tailed and Two-Tailed Hypothesis Tests Controversy: Should Significance Tests Be Banned? Hypothesis Tests in Research Articles Summary Key Terms Example Worked-Out Problems Practice Problems Using SPSS Chapter Note Chapter 5: Hypothesis testing with means of samples The Distribution of Means Hypothesis Testing with a Distribution of Means: The Z Test Controversy: Marginal Significance Hypothesis Tests About Means of Samples (Z Tests) and Standards Errors in Research Articles Advanced Topic: Estimation, Standard Errors, and Confidence Intervals Advanced Topic Controversy: Confidence Intervals versus Significance Tests Advance Topic: Confidence Intervals in Research Articles Summary Key Terms Example Worked-Out Problems Practice Problems Using SPSS Chapter Note Chapter 6: Making sense of statistical significance: Effect size and statistical power De