Download or read book Statistical Reasoning in Psychology and Education written by Edward W. Minium and published by Wiley. This book was released on 1993-01-26 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develops statistical concepts, understanding of statistical logic, properties regarding statistical devices, assumptions underlying statistical tools and considers what happens when statistical theory meets real-world problems. Emphasizes the statistics of measurement and the interplay of statistics with experimental design, giving full treatment to both inferential and descriptive statistics. New to this edition are realistic examples and numerous original problems with data sets. Special boxed sections introduce students to controversial, topical and current issues such as the bootstrap, meta-analysis.