This textbook is intended as an introductory statistics course. It is designed to help students understand the basic concepts in statistics. The goal is to help make statistics understandable, instead of feared. There many reasons why you are in this class for your major. Learning statistics can help build critical thinking skills, which you will need in your future career. It can also help you understand the basic concepts of understanding some statistical formulas and why it is used. Learning statistics can help you understand the basic principles of objectivity and logic. Researchers use statistical methods in research to provide objective and systematic methods for describing their research and interpreting the results.
Dr. Gina Mariano is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Troy University and also the coordinator for the Psychological Research minor within the Department of Psychology.
Dr. Mariano completed her graduate work at Virginia Tech. Her background is in educational psychology and her research interests include student learning as it relates to metacognition and knowledge transfer in higher education settings. She also examines faculty development in these areas and its impact on student learning.
CHAPTER 1: Introduction to Basic Statistics
CHAPTER 2: Basic Mathematics
CHAPTER 3: Frequency Distribution
CHAPTER 4: Central Tendency
CHAPTER 5: Variability
CHAPTER 6: The Normal Curve and z-Scores
CHAPTER 7: Correlations
CHAPTER 8: Linear Regression
CHAPTER 9: Hypothesis Testing
CHAPTER 10: t-Test
CHAPTER 11: One-Way Independent Samples ANOVA
CHAPTER 12: Chi-Square
CHAPTER 13: Which Test Should I Use?