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Chapter 1: Statistics or Sadistics? It's Up to You

Cicerone, R. (2010). The Importance of Federal Statistics for Advancing Science and Identifying Policy Options. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 631(1), 25-27.

Hagan, M.M., Tomaka, J., & Moss, D.E. (2000). Relation of dieting in college and high school students to symptoms associated with semi-starvation. Journal of Health Psychology, 5(1), 7-15.

Simon, M.A., & Tovar, E. (2004). Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Career Factors Inventory on a Community College Sample. Journal of Career Assessment, 12(3), 255-269.

Chapter 2: Means to an End: Computing and Understanding Averages

Morrell, R. W., Mayhorn, C. B., & Bennett, J. (2000). A Survey of World Wide Web Use in Middle-Aged and Older Adult. Human Factors. The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 42(2), 175-182.

Pyers, J.E. & Emmorey, K. (2008). The Face of Bimodal Bilingualism. Psychological Science, 19(6), 531-535.

Warwick, P.V. (2011). Voters, Parties, and Declared Government Policy. Comparative Political Studies, 44(12), 1675-1699.

Chapter 3: Vive la Difference: Understanding Variability

Barros, C.P., Butler, R., & Correia, A. (2008). Heterogeneity in Destination Choice. Journal of Travel Research, 47(2), 235-246.

Rakauskas, M., & Ward, N. (2005). Behavioral Effects of Driver Distraction and Alcohol Impairment. Reviews of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 49(22), 1912-1916.

Stapelberg, N. J., Hamilton-Craig, I., Neumann, D. L., Shum, D. H., & McConnell, H. (2012). Mind and heart: Heart rate variability in major depressive disorder and coronary heart disease—a review and recommendations. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 46(10), 946–957.

Chapter 4: A Picture Really Is Worth a Thousand Words

Bernard, R.M., et al. (2004). How Does Distance Education Compare With Classroom Instruction? A Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Literature. Review of Educational Research, 74(3), 379-439.

Lewandowsky, S., & Spence, I. (1989). The perception of statistical graphs. Sociological Methods Research, 18(2-3), 200–242.

Pepitone, A., & L'Armand, K. (1997). Justice in Cultural Context: A Social-Psychological Perspective. Cross-Cultural Research, 31(2), 83-100.

Chapter 5: Ice Cream and Crime: Correlation Coefficients

Hall, S., Syzmanski, S. & Zimbalist, A. S. (2002). Testing causality between team performance and payroll: The cases of Major League Baseball and English Soccer. Journal of Sports Economics, 3(2), 149-168.

Lehdonvirta, M., et al. (2012). The Stoic Male. Games and Culture, 2012. 7(1), 29-47.

Yang, R.K., et al. (2009). Cultural Adaptation to a University Campus. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 8(2), 115-129.

Chapter 6: Just the Truth: An Introduction to Understanding Reliability and Validity

DeLamater, J., & Moorman, S.M. (2007). Sexual Behavior in Later Life. Journal of Aging and Health, 19(6), 921-945.

Strong, M., Gargani, J., & Hacifazlioglu, Ö. (2011). Do We Know a Successful Teacher When We See One? Experiments in the Identification of Effective Teachers. Journal of Teacher Education, 62(4), 367-382.

Zelnick, N, Bennett-Back, O., Miarai, W., Geoz, H.R., & Fattal-Valevski, A. (2012). Is the Test of Variables Attention Reliable for the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? Journal of Child Neurology, 27(6), 703-707.

Chapter 7: Hypotheticals and You: Testing Your Questions

Gill, J. (1999). The insignificance of null hypothesis testing. Politics Research Quarterly, 52(3), 647-674.

Wainer, H., & Robinson, D. H. (2003). Shaping up the practice of null hypothesis significance testing. Educational Researcher, 32(7), 22–30.

Ferguson, C. J., & Heene, M. (2012). A vast graveyard of undead theories: Publication bias and psychological science’s aversion to the null. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 7(6), 555–561.

Luce, S.R. & Hoge, R.D.  (1978). Relations Among Teacher Rankings, Pupil-Teacher Interactions, and Academic Achievement: A Test of the Teacher Expectancy Hypothesis. American Educational Research Journal, 15(4), 489-500.

Brogan, D.R. (1981). Choosing an Appropriate Statistical Test of Significance for a Nursing Research Hypothesis or Question. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 3(4), 337-352.

Chapter 8: Are Your Curves Normal? Probability and Why It Counts

Nowicka, P. Lanke, J., Pietrobelli, A., Apitzsch, E., & Flodmark, C. (2009). Sports camp with six months of support from a local sports club as a treatment for childhood obesity . Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 37(8), 793-800.

Cohen, S., et al. (1996). Identifying Impediments to Learning Probability and Statistics From an Assessment of Instructional Software. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 21(1), 35-54.

Firat Ozkan, N. & Greenstein, J.S. (2011). Effects of 2D Online and 3D Virtual World Meeting Spaces on the Performance of a Concept Selection Task by Engineering Design Teams. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 55(1), 1676-1680.

Chapter 9: Significantly Significant: What It Means for You and Me

Houle, T. T., & Stump, D. A. (2008). Statistical significance versus clinical significance. Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 12(1), 5–6.

Ward, R.M., Popson, H.C. & DiPaolo D.G. (2010). Defining the Alpha Female: A Female Leadership Measure. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 17(3), 309-320.

Tom Tong, S. & Walther, J. B. (2011). Just say ‘‘no thanks’’: Romantic rejection in computer-mediated communication. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 28(4), 488-506.

Chapter 10: Only the Lonely: The One-Sample z Test

Alberts, J.K., et al. (2005). Mapping the topography of couples’ daily conversation. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 22(3), 299-322.

Kowner, R. & Wiseman, R. (2003). Culture and Status-Related Behavior: Japanese and American Perceptions of Interaction in Asymmetric Dyads. Cross-Cultural Research, 37(2), 178-210.

Chapter 11: t(ea) for Two: Tests Between the Means of Different Groups

Celik, S. (2013). A media comparison study on first aid instruction. Health Education Journal, 72(1), 95–101.

Hansen, K.L. & Sørlie, T. (2012). Ethnic discrimination and psychological distress: A study of Sami and non-Sami populations in Norway. Transcultural Psychiatry, 49(1), 26-50.

Jamel, H.A., et al. (1996). Taste Preference for Sweetness in Urban and Rural Populations in Iraq. Journal of Dental Research, 75(11), 1879-1884.

Chapter 12: t(ea) for Two (Again): Tests Between the Means of Related Groups

Othaganont, P., Sinthuvorakan, C., & Jensupakarn, P. (2002). Daily living practice of the life-satisfied Thai elderly. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 13(1), 24–29.

Stone, R.T., et al. (2011). Physical and Cognitive Effects of Virtual Reality Integrated Training. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 53(5), 558-572.

Aubert, B.A. & Kelsey, B.L. (2003). Further Understanding of Trust and Performance in Virtual Teams. Small Group Research, 34(5), 575-618.

Chapter 13: Two Groups Too Many? Try Analysis of Variance

Harmat, L. & Theorell, T. (2010). Heart Rate Variability During Singing and Flute Playing. Music and Medicine, 2(1), 10-17.

Vincenzi, D.A., et al. (2003). The Effectiveness of Cognitive Elaboration Using Augmented Reality as a Training and Learning Paradigm. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 47(19), 2054-2058.

Oskarsson, P.-A., Nählinder, S., & Svensson, E. (2010). A Meta Study of Transfer of Training. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 54(28), 2422-2426.

Chapter 14: Two Too Many Factors: Factorial Analysis of Variance

Floyd, R. & Kirby, E. (2001). Psychometric properties of measures of behavioral inhibition with preschool-age children: Implications for assessment of children at risk for ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 5(2), 79-91.

Hopko, D.R. (2003). Confirmatory Factor Analysis Of The Math Anxiety Rating Scale–Revised. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 63(2), 336-351.

Cardaciotto, L., et al. (2008). The Assessment of Present-Moment Awareness and Acceptance. Assessment, 15(2), 204-223.

Chapter 15: Cousins or Just Good Friends? Testing Relationships Using the Correlation Coefficient

Shek, D. T. L. (1998). Linkage between marital quality and parent-child relationship: A longitudinal study in the Chinese culture. Journal of Family Issues, 19(6), 687–704.

Joshanloo, M., Rastegar, P. & Bakhshi, A. (2012). The Big Five personality domains as predictors of social wellbeing in Iranian university students. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 29(5), 639-660.

Stauffer, A.R., et al. (2006). The Interaction Between Victim Race and Gender on Sentencing Outcomes in Capital Murder Trials. Homicide Studies, 10(2), 98-117.

Tucker-Drob, E.M., et al. (2011). Emergence of a Gene × Socioeconomic Status Interaction on Infant Mental Ability Between 10 Months and 2 Years. Psychological Science, 22(1), 125-133.

Chapter 16: Predicting Who'll Win the Super Bowl: Using Linear Regression

Fartoukh, M., Chanquoy, L. and  Piolat, A. (2012). Effects of Emotion on Writing Processes in Children. Written Communication 29(4), 391-411.

Zwick, R. & Sklar, J.C. (2005). Predicting College Grades and Degree Completion Using High School Grades and SAT Scores: The Role of Student Ethnicity and First Language. American Educational Research Journal, 42(3), 439-464.

Lockett, C.T. & Harrell, J.P. (2003). Racial Identity, Self-Esteem, and Academic Achievement: Too Much Interpretation, Too Little Supporting Data. Journal of Black Psychology, 29(3), 325-336.

Chapter 17: What to Do When You're Not Normal: Chi-Square and Some Other Nonparametric Tests

Houk, C. (2002). Statistical Analysis of Genesis Sources. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 27(1), 75-105.

De Schutter, B. (2011). Never Too Old to Play: The Appeal of Digital Games to an Older Audience. Games and Culture, 6(2), 155-170.

Rutkowski, A.-F., et al. (2007). “Is It Already 4 a.m. in Your Time Zone?”. Small Group Research, 38(1), 98-129.

Chapter 18: Some Other (Important) Statistical Problems You Should Know About

Roth, P. L., Purvis, K. L., & Bobko, P. (2012). A meta-analysis of gender group differences for measures of job performance in field studies. Journal of Management, 38(2), 719–739.

Usip, E. E., & Bee, R. H. (1998). Economics: A discriminant analysis of students’ perceptions of web-based learning. Social Science Computer Review, 16(1), 16–29.

Minke, K.M., et al. (1996). Teachers' Experiences with Inclusive Classrooms: Implications for Special Education Reform. The Journal of Special Education, 30(2), 152-186.

Renaud, E.F. (2008). The Attachment Characteristics of Combat Veterans with PTSD. Traumatology, 14(3), 1-12.

Chapter 19: A Statistical Software Sampler

Warner, C.B. & Meehan, A.M. (2001). Microsoft Excel™ as a Tool for Teaching Basic Statistics. Teaching of Psychology, 28(4), 295-298.

Sosa, G.W., et al. (2011). Effectiveness of Computer-Assisted Instruction in Statistics. Review of Educational Research, 81(1), 97-128.

Author: Neil J. Salkind

Pub Date: November 2013

Pages: 512

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