Applied Multivariate Statistics for the Social Sciences, Fifth Edition

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.

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.

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

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.