Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences notes (1st edition)

Describes summation and how to compute; also gives information on when and why it is used, especially in statistics

How to calculate a test statistic, which one to calculate, and how they are used

Uses of a frequency distribution, how to read a frequency distribution, how to draw a frequency distribution

Identifies and describes summary statistics such as standard deviation, standard error, etc. and how to calculate

Describes what a confidence interval is, when to use it, and how to solve

Identifies and describes each of the measures of variability and how to find/calculate them

Examples of when and how to use a z-score

How to find z on a z table AND how to calculate it by hand; uses of a z-score

Models and notes on what a sampling distribution of means is and when and how to use one

Basic methods in probability including important terms and method used to determine the likelihood of an event