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The Clearest and Most Useful Book on HLM for Longitudinal Studies
This is simply the best book for those analyzing longitudinal data (data measured at more than one time point).Singer's coverage of Hierarchical Linear MOdeling (HLM) is clear, well-written (sprinkled with humor, it's like a lecture by the most popular prof. at your school), and geared towards researchers who need their programs to run, not just learn the mathematical underpinnings. Singer and Willett (the coauthor, not listed above!) set the standard for presenting math/statistics book examples.
Breaking down complex analyses
This is an excellent book. Multilevel modeling and survival analysis are becoming increasingly important in psychological studies, but are pretty complicated procedures. Singer & Willet offer both a conceptual background and practical ways to do the analyses in a clear, understandable manner. The book is very readable and will be an important reference for future analyses!

very clear and thorough
This book does a particularly good job of explaining the substantive meaning of the equations involved in multilevel modeling analyses.It spends a lot of extra time explaining what the equations mean in real world terms using examples from actual data sets.I teach a graduate level course on HLM and I much prefer this book to the Raudenbush & Byrk book because it not only does a better job of explaining the math (for graduate students less comfortable with statistics) but the chapters are also sprinkled with incredibly useful advice on actually running the analyses (getting them to converge, interpreting them, etc.)The Raudenbush & Bryk book probably does a slightly better job of presenting the equations, but it falls short on explanation and practical advice.If you were only going to buy one HLM book, I would start with this one. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Epidemiology    2. Longitudinal method    3. Mathematics    4. Probability & Statistics - General    5. Psychology    6. Research    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Social sciences    9. Statistics    10. Applied mathematics    11. Mathematics / Statistics    12. Probability & statistics    13. Psychology | Experimental    14. Social research & statistics   

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very helpful applied statistical text
This is an extremely useful book to have on your shelf. It provides easy to understand, applied concepts in multivariate stats, covering regression, logistic, SEM, and more. I find the syntax examples in SAS and SPSS to be especially helpful. When appropriate it also points you in the direction of more advanced references. I use it all the time and have found it to be invaluable.

My favourite statistics book
Using multivariate statistics is my favourite statistics book, and possibly my favourite textbook.This book is so clearly and simply written that it has made me comfortable tackling multivariate problems.
Putting the 't' back into statistics ...
There's a reason why some students leave out the first and soften the second 't' in the word 'statistics'. Well, not if working with this book. Read more

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Subjects:  1. Data processing    2. Multivariate analysis    3. Psychology    4. Research    5. Research & Methodology    6. Social Psychology    7. Social sciences    8. Statistical methods    9. Statistics    10. Structural equation modeling    11. Probability & statistics    12. Social Science / Methodology   

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Very useful!
Very good chapters for mixed-mode survey and alternative ways of delivering a questionnaire.

A bit outdated but worth checking out
I purchased this book and was a bit dissapointed that there was focuse on outdated methods like mail-in responses.With the advent of the Web, we've cut our client's costs by 80% and get them a 30% better response rate.Just make sure that whatever survey provider you go with offers correlation analysis, Confidence intervals, and Cumulative distributionare among the various statistical measures used to analyze your results. We're using Vista - no other survey tool gives you all of this crucial information.

Light on the technical side
For those of you who do survey research and struggle with getting an acceptible response rate, this is the book for you.It truly is an amazing resource for a method that can get one to near a 75% response even on mail-only surveys.Highly recommended.Read more

Subjects:  1. Methodology    2. Psychology    3. Research    4. Research & Methodology    5. Sociology    6. Statistics    7. Psychology & Psychiatry / Statistics    8. Social research & statistics   

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Excellent first book for nonparametric stat methods
This is an excellent first book for nonparametric statistical methods.It is a cookbook, but is a good introduction to the many nonparametric techniques for assessing data.These are oftentimes much better suited for your data than the standard stuff you get in intro to statistics.The book by David J. Sheskin or by Conover should your next book.

an easy-to-follow tool book, but use w/ caution
For a non math major (or stats major) user, this book offers an easy way to have works done quickly. But be cautious, an first-class cookbook does not necessarily yeild a first-class meal on your table.

Excellent nonparametric statistics book
This is (together with Empirical Methods for Artificial Intelligence by Paul R. Cohen) the best of the statistics books I read. ... Read more

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Good explanatory book
I used this book for my psychological statistics course last semester. Although I have had teachers in the past who explained things more adequately, this book did a really good job explaining things for the most part. I almost always use examples to learn how to apply knowledge, as working through a problem step by step seems to be the best teacher to me. Fortunately, this book has a lot of examples. And, as a bonus, these examples apply towards the social sciences so you can see how everything fits in with a topic you're actually interested in (let's face it, few are interested in math). Read more

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Excellent Guide
This book proved a major turning point for me as an undergrad who didn't know what she wanted to be when she grew up! This book was inspiring and informative... even funny... statistics became tangible, interesting and fun. The author does an amazing job. I still use this book professionally when I need to brush up on stats analysis.

A student-friendly book to help you succeed in statistics!
Tales of Distribution is fun, well written and easy to read.Tales ofDistribution is a college textbook worth reading if you need to putstatistics at your command! Spats'z style is helpful to the reader and downto earth. This is a heavy-duty treatment of the topic; however, interestingexamples of how to use statistics in day-to-day life makes this topic comealive. If you read this book, you will never be intimidated by statisticsin your lifetime. Read more

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Very Displeased
I have had this book for two semsters at a grad level. The information is confusing and at times leaves one lost. I am very displeased with the book. It has not helped me in no way understanding the meaning behind behavioral stats. In fact I am more confused now. I wish the book could have given more details on explaining stats instead of so many examples. The examples are find but the problem is they are continued from the beginning of the book. And if one doesnot grasp the beginning then how can one grasp the remainer of the text. I wouldnot recommend this book to no one.
A clear and comprehensive introductory statistics text
I have been using this text for Levels 1, 2, and 3 social sciences statistics teaching in Britain and abroad for over 8 years now. Although I have tried using other introductory texts, I have yet to find a text as comprehensive and as clearly written as this.

The worst stats book for the social sciences
I hate to be so critical, but I must agree with my colleague who described his/her harrowing experience with this textbook. I have two rules about learning statistics: no one is ever above a review of the most basic topics and an author/professor can never go wrong by providing a variety of examples within the same topic area. ... Read more

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Can't beat it
...This book is the source of all you need. It's hard going at times, but so's the subject. The book's 15 years old and remains the best guide to the analysis of correlated data. It's a reference book, one I value as much as a good dictionary. To use it as a text would be misguided unless the instruction was aimed at a sophisticated audience.

Best MRC Book Ever
I agree with the previous reviewer that there are times when the exposition in the book gets a bit intense; but c'mon!We're dealing with statistics.You gotta sweat a bit. That's when learning happens.In myopinion the book is extremely clearly written.And although you may haveto re-read a few sentences a few times, the basic tools for understandingmost every major aspect of MRC is embedded in the text.In sum, this was agreat book that I read as a 2nd-year graduate student in psychology. Unlike the first reviewer, I turned to this text when I got confused duringthe course lectures!

MRC Analysis---good book overall
Cohen and Cohen's MRC analysis book is well versed and easy to understand for someone that is familiar with MRC terminology, however, for first year graduate students, the text is very equivocal. The book is lacking ampleillustrations of complex problems, leaving students to rely on outsidesources. Also, the book uses unfamiliar symbols that do not correspond withother MRC books, which intensifies the confusion level of the students evenmore.Read more

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Concise, thorough, and easy to understand
There isn't much more to say. This book is concise -- it gets right to the point, every time. It is also thorough -- it covers everything you need to move on to advanced statistics. But, best of all, it presents the material in a way that is very easy to understand and allows students to apply their new knowledge to the behavioral sciences.

An awesome stats book!
I have taught statistics for many years and this is the best stats book I have seen. It is clearly written, has easily understood formulas, and excellent examples. I highly recommend it!

Good Stats Book
We are using this book for a doctoral level differential and inferential statistics course.Of course many of us are uncertain about statistics courses anyway since most of us do not have math backgrounds.However, the book explains the reasoning and procedures clearly with good examples, practice and learning modules along the way. I bought the study guide by Gravetter as well. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Educational statistics    2. Movements - Behaviorism    3. Probability & Statistics - General    4. Psychology    5. Psychotherapy - General    6. Statistical methods    7. Statistics    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Statistics    9. Social research & statistics   

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Pleasurable reading, and easy learning
I took psychology at Monash University in Australia when I was 15 years old, and thankfully Heiman's book was the set text for research methods and statistics in the first year. Although the word "basic" is in the title, it is not a book without depth. It is an easy to read survey of undergraduate level statistics used in psychology courses. By the time you've finished with this book, you will be able to comfortably read and critique the vast majority of research papers in psychology, including some meta analyses.
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Presents Statistics Conceptually
This is by far the best introductory text to statistics for students in the behavioral sciences I have come across. Well done!
As I read this book three things became apparent: one, the authors know their subject inside and out; second, they understand their beginning audience; last and most importantly they know how to teach.I stronglyrecommend this well written book to anyone needing to learn stats. ... Read more

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An excellent, clear introduction to research methods
This book is a very well-written introduction to methods in psychological research.Goodwin's style is friendly and often humorous.The information he provides is interspersed with case studies, historical antecdotes, and other "real-world" examples of research principles being put into practice.I found the reading to go extremely fast and painlessly. Good book
It was a very clear introduction to research methods.Simple and straightforward. ... Read more

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Really good
A unique introductory book in statistics. The hallmark of this book is nodoubt the clarity of detailed explanations of fundamental statistical concepts. A lot of invaluable material and explanantions here not to be found in other textbooks on statistics!Read more

Subjects:  1. Experimental Psychology    2. Mathematics    3. Probability & Statistics - General    4. Psychology    5. Social Science    6. Social sciences    7. Statistical Methods In The Social Sciences    8. Statistical methods    9. Statistics    10. Behavioural theory (Behaviourism)    11. Probability & statistics    12. Psychology & Psychiatry / Statistics    13. Social research & statistics   

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Poorly written and grossly over-priced
I had to use this textbook for my Statistics for Pyschology Majors class at UTD. All of the other comments about the errors are true, but I have something else to add: the syntax and examples. I can handle dry reading. I've had to do plenty of it in my major. But much of this book goes beyond dry to just plain unintelligible. I'm not a math dummy. I took three semesters of algebra including College Algebra and got straight A's. A number of people in my class gave up on the book andrelied soley on the lectures. My professor told me that she isn't going to use this book next semester.
errors
although this book is not bad and explains statistical concepts in a nice way, the amount of errors this book has is huge.
Stats for Psych
I dreaded taking Stats, but this book made the concepts more simple to understand, plus the step-by-step explainations of formulas were helpful. ... Read more

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The most effective (and easy) way to learn statistics
For a while, I was looking for a good book on statistics, and finally, I found it! This book is excellent for those who are going to start learning statistics (every thing is explained very well from very beginning!) as well as for those (like me) who look for more advanced books. It is almost perfect! It has precise and clear explanations, simple brief examples, thoughtfully chosen questions and tasks at the end of each chapter, good overall organization. Every word (well, sentence) contributes to understanding of concepts, no unnecessary information, no waste of time. Every new concept is built on the previous ones, no gaps in explanation, no unanswered questions. It feels as if the author follows a reader's mind, if some questions arise they get answered in the next paragraphs. Pure pleasure! Ultimate book on statistics! Highly recommend. ... Read more

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Statistics 7th Ed. by Witte - worth spending some time on!
To begin with, I saved 30 bucks purchasing this bok used from amazon.com, compared to what I would have paid at my school. Great! Fast delivery too.
Statistics
Very easy to use.Open airy text.Well defined formulas and examples provide clear instruction on how to perform each test.

User Friendly
The chapters are very easy to read and understand. Each chapter includesexercises to do after each new concept is explained. Most answers to theexercises are included in the back of the book. The step-by-stepinstructions make concepts and exercises user friendly. A great Stats book. ... Read more

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Superb Introductory Statistics Text
Prior to the first edition of this text I used a different text in my introductory statistics course each year because students did not like my text selections. I've used Pagano's text every year since the first edition was published in 1981 because every year the students tell me to retain this text. It is superbly written and exquisitely designed. It is the best text of its kind that I have seen in the past 25 years of teaching the subject. ... Read more

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