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Synopsis
Built around a problem solving theme, this book extends the intermediate and advanced student's expertise to more challenging situations that involve applying statistical methods to real-world problems. Data relevant to these problems are collected and analyzed to provide useful answers.
Building on its central problem-solving theme, a large number of data sets arising from real problems are contained in the text and in the exercises provided at the end of each chapter. Answers, or hints to providing answers, are provided in an appendix.
Concentrating largely on the established SPSS and the newer S-Plus statistical packages, the author provides a short, end-of-chapter section entitled Computer Hints that helps the student undertake the analyses reported in the chapter using these statistical packages.
Booknews
For students of psychology in later undergraduate or early graduate stages who have taken a standard undergraduate course introducing social science majors to statistics, Everitt (psychiatry, U. of London) carries the discipline a bit further toward what he figures practicing psychologists actually need. He uses a problem-solving approach to demonstrate how to apply statistical methods to real-world problems, and includes hints at the end of the chapters<-->just before the exercises<-->on using popular statistical software. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)