PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION -- CONTENTS -- SECTION THE FIRST THE NATURE OF DATA AND STATISTICS -- The Basics -- Looking at the Data A First Look at Graphing Data -- Describing the Data with Numbers Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion -- The Normal Distribution -- Probability -- Elements of Statistical Inference -- C.R.A.P. DETECTORS -- SECTION THE SECOND ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE -- Comparing Two Groups The t-Test -- More than Two Groups One-Way ANOVA -- Factorial ANOVA -- Two Repeated Observations The Paired t-Test and Alternatives -- Repeated-Measures ANOVA -- Multivariate ANOVA (MANOVA) -- C.R.A.P. DETECTORS -- SECTION THE THIRD REGRESSION AND CORRELATION -- Simple Regression and Correlation -- Multiple Regression -- Logistic and Poisson Regression -- Advanced Topics in Regression and ANOVA -- Measuring Change -- Analysis of Longitudinal Data:Hierarchical Linear Modeling -- Principal Components and Factor Analysis Fooling Around with Factors -- Path Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling -- C.R.A.P. DETECTORS -- SECTION THE FOURTH NON-PARAMETRIC STATISTICS -- Tests of Significance for Categorical Frequency Data -- Measures of Association for Categorical Data -- Tests of Significance for Ranked Data -- Measures of Association for Ranked Data -- Survival Analysis -- Measures of Impact -- C.R.A.P. DETECTORS -- SECTION THE FIFTH REPRISE -- Equivalence and Non-Inferiority Testing -- Screwups, Oddballs, and Other Vagaries of Science -- Putting It All Together -- Getting Started with SPSS -- Test Yourself -- Answers to Chapter Exercises -- References and Further Reading -- An Unabashed Glossaryof Statistical Terms -- Appendix -- Index.