1. Asking and Answering Research Questions 2. Research Fundamentals: Don’t Fool Yourself 3. Picturing and Describing Data 4. The Normal Distribution and Sampling 5. Confidence Intervals and Effect Sizes 6. p Values, Null Hypothesis Significance Testing, and Confidence Intervals 7. The Independent Groups Design 8. The Paired Design 9. Meta-Analysis 10. Open Science and Planning Research 11. Correlation 12. Regression 13. Frequencies, Proportions, and Risk 14. Extended Designs: One Independent Variable 15. Extended Designs: Two Independent Variables 16. Future Directions
Geoff Cumming is professor emeritus of La Trobe University and has
been teaching statistics for over 40 years.
Robert Calin-Jageman is a professor of psychology and the
neuroscience program director at Dominican University and has been
teaching and mentoring undergraduate students for nine years.
"I envision a day when most textbooks will focus on estimation and
meta-analytic thinking as this text does but Geoff Cumming’s book
is definitely pioneering this journey. … The voice and pace of the
text is engaging. …The videos … [are] one of the bestselling points
of the text. … I would certainly … adopt this book for my
introductory statistics courses. … I have never read a statistics
text that introduced concepts in the way provided in this
text—clear and simple examples that "informally" allow the reader
to integrate several concepts into their thinking. … Even the more
statistically anxious students would be put at ease. ... ESCI
allows for students to easily manipulate multiple values and
instantly see what happens as a result of that manipulation." -
Susan Troncoso Skidmore, Sam Houston State University, USA"There
are many introductory statistics books on the market, but this one
[is] especially well-positioned to capitalize on the growing
interest … for moving away from relying solely on NHST. ...The
author is a well-known and respected advocate of this approach.
….The focus on estimation, meta-analysis, and research integrity …
will be embraced by many instructors. ...The writing style is
appealing, showing the author to be an excellent teacher. ...The
ESCI software will be useful for classroom demonstrations as well
as for individual learning. The videos are outstanding – the video
on dancing p-values changed the way my graduate students interpret
research." – Dale Berger, Claremont Graduate University, USA"The
concepts are developed in interesting contexts and examples. … The
ESCI tools are amazing. … The exercises … are excellent, numerous,
and likely to be a great help to instructors. … The supplemental
material … is impressive and likely to be … persuasive in adoption
decisions. … The obvious market is the Intro Stats for psychology
market. Strengths: The author’s ability to communicate statistical
concepts; His authoritative grasp of NHST principles, research, and
practices; His understanding of, and enthusiasm for, estimation
methods; The ESCI … exercises." – Bruce Blaine, St. John Fisher
College, USA"It is a brilliant book for two main reasons: it uses
an estimation approach from start to finish to help readers to
understand effect sizes, confidence intervals and meta-analysis, so
important in play therapy research. Even better, it is the first
text to explain the new and exciting Open Science practices which
encourage replication and enhance the trustworthiness of research.
(...) APAC are recommending the book as essential reading for MA
students. Also for all others who want to master the black art of
statistics in 16 intensive lessons." - Jeff Thomas, The Journal of
the International and UK Societies of Play and Creative Arts
Therapies
Introduction to the New Statistics is an innovative and accessible
primer to statistical analysis. Suitable for those new to
statistics, it presents both older approaches to analysis that are
still widely used, and also more modern approaches, which are more
intuitive and effective, and are growing in popularity. The
fundamental links between the old and the new are explained,
leaving the reader with a comprehensive understanding of
statistical thinking as well as the direction in which the field is
currently heading.--Dr. Lewis Halsey, University of Roehampton,
UKIt is time to demystify science, research, and especially
statistics. The Introduction to New Statistics is a wonderful
addition to the literature and provides instructors, students, and
researchers with a comprehensive set of material that provides
straight-forward explanations of new methodologies used by today’s
researchers. This book is a great example that research
methodologies can be clearly and easily explained. The text walks
readers through processes in a step-wise manner with solid
descriptions and concrete examples. This is crucial in an era where
science must become more transparent, cross-disciplinary, and
available to all. --Stephanie C. DeLuca, PhD, Virginia TechCumming
and Calin-Jageman’s Introduction to the New Statistics, in plain
English, is a joy to read even for a non-English speaker. The
authors bring together the science of New Statistics and the
science of learning psychology with in-chapter and end-of-chapter
exercises, quizzes, and chapter outlines, which make immediate
self-check possible, self-remediation effective, and thus,
retention longer. I strongly recommend this unique book to all
undergraduate students as well as graduate students interested in
learning inferential statistics.--Fred Mao-neng Li, PhD, National
Chai-Yi University, Taiwan
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