Statistical Methods for Psychology

A wonderful introduction to a wide variety of statistical methods useful in the social sciences. Examples are well-developed, and the writing is both clear and inviting. Bravo.

nice book with wide cover of all the statistical techniques and introduction about how to apply the statisical methods with different software. Also, the writing style is friendly and it could be easily understood.

Howell's book has been around now for 6 editions - you simply do not get to that stage of publishing a technical book without doing many things very well. I have taught advanced statistics to graduate students and professionals in a variety of programs and settings for over 20 years, and for an advanced basic course in statistics for graduate students or for knowledgeable professionals, I would not teach from any other text for this level of statistics. If graduate students understood most of the content of this text, they would be better equiped researchers than most currently are for sure. It is true that if this book were to be your first treatment of statistics or if your first course was really not all that thorough or was a long time ago, this text might be difficult for you - but not because the text is poorly done. I also refer this text to graduate students, new Ph.D.s, experienced Ph.D.s who are not statistical experts, and other researchers as a desk reference, and I keep it on my desk and keep a copy in my research lab for my research assistants. Graduate students have always consistently strongly praised the book at the end of the semesters when I have used it. Frankly, I suspect other reviewers of this book who give it low marks have ulterior motives such as steering folks to other specific texts. In this veign, I do not personally know the author, but the author David Howell is a highly respected psychologist with true expertise in statistical methods and who served as chair of his department prior up to his relatively recent retirement at the University of Vermont.

I am a university professor who is always looking for an advanced statistics text that will make some of the most common (and some not-so-common) statistical tests understandable and accessible to my students. It is true that this text is not suitable for the novice looking for an introduction to the field. However, for those who already understand the basic principles and concepts, this book is an invaluable tool. My graduate students love it, and I find it to be among the best of its kind.

This is the very best book on statistics I've ever seen. Whether you're in Psychology or not, you'll love the clear explanations with practical examples. There's plenty of math for those who want to gain a deep understanding of the subject, but this book is suitable for anyone wishing to finally understand statistics.