researcher elementary statistics contingency

books:

The Geometry of Multivariate Statistics

2 reviews
Thomas D. Wickens

Lawrence Erlbaum, 1994

Makes sense out of regression analysis
Well, actually, this book is applicable to much more than regression analysis, e.g., ANOVA and "general linear statistical models". It also helps make sense of univariate statistics, not just multivariate. Regression analysis, though, is the main application of the methods in this book. It will not substitute for Neter, et al. or any of the numerous texts on techniques of regression analysis; ...

Elementary Signal Detection Theory

2 reviews
Thomas D. Wickens

Oxford University Press, USA, 2001

An Excellent Intro
For people who have feared signal detection theory or just don't get why it is so popular among psychophysicists, this book has the answers. It is easy to read and the exercises at the end of each chapter help to solidify the concepts. The reader is left with a good understanding of signal detection and its many applications.

Multiway Contingency Tables Analysis for the Social Sciences

1 review

Lawrence Erlbaum, 1989

Truly authoritative reference on contingency table analysis
This is the prime reference for specialized techniques for complex contingency table analysis. Everything you wanted to know (and probably a lot you don't!) about multiway table statistical analysis.

Design and Analysis: A Researcher's Handbook (4th Edition)

5 reviews
Geoffrey Keppel, Thomas D. Wickens

Prentice Hall, 2004

Intuitive, yet rigorous
This is probably the best experimental design and analysis text available out there. Unlike other texts (e.g., Winer et al.'s), it is writen as a book to be read rather than as a reference to be consulted sporadically. My graduate students all praise it for being just at the right level of intuitiveness-rigor. I suspect that it covers about 85-90% of the analysis issues that behavioral ...