Applied Multivariate Statistics for the Social Sciences, Fifth Edition

by James P. Stevens

Book Overview

This best-selling text is written for those who use, rather than develop, advanced statistical methods. Dr. Stevens focuses on a conceptual understanding of the material rather than proving results.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805859039
• ISBN13: 9780805859034
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 651 Pages
• Weight: 2.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Helpful resources to understand statistics

Found Stevens book to be very helpful in understanding ANCOVA and MANCOVA assumptions. The book is user friendly and covers a wide range of statistics. Examples are used well to demonstrate main ideas.

Not for the light hearted...

This text is not meant to be an introduction to multivariate statistics so please don't purchase it if you need to warm up to the more complicated statistical methods.

Pretty Satisfied

Clear and understandable explanations but not as in-depth in some areas of statistics. In general, good book to have for psychmetric analyses.

A Gem! Insider's guide to software results & what to avoid.

Almost everything you need to know about how to input and read software results from someone who has actually analyzed real ( not simplified class room problems.) Very comprehensive coverage of large field. Most important, Stevens gives an insider's guide on what to avoid, what to disbelieve, and what is valid in this thicket of overlapping techniques. Great intro and guide to use of Statistical Power analysis, which is the linch-pin to planning experiments and obtaining valid results. Marvelous, and usable tables not readily obtainable elswhere that actually solve complicated problems (e.g. intra-class correlation the implicit reduction of significance.) The tables allow you to get quick results so you can short-circuit your cryptic and overweight software for basic problems. My edition, especially the tables are nearly worn-out from overuse.