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• NEW! Hurlburt utilized extensive student feedback in revising this edition. He asked them to mark any sentence where they stumbled for whatever reason. This allowed Hurlburt to target improvements directly at those places students found troublesome. Students found the 3rd edition exceptionally clear; the 4th should be clearer still.

• NEW! Chapter 14 has been updated to include: a revised introduction to the analysis of variance; clarification of the computational steps in the analysis of variance; and improved figures illustrating the analysis of variance.

• The easy to use, hands-on "Personal Trainer CD-ROM" contains 43 short interactive audio/visual lectures (called "lectlets") covering all the concepts in the text. Students use the lectlets to prepare for class, to clarify concepts they didn't understand in class, to keep up if they have to miss a class, and to review for exams. This FREE CD-ROM also includes ESTAT, Hurlburt's unique eyeball-estimation software, which enables students to make an educated guess about the magnitude of a statistic without the use of a calculator or statistical tables. ESTAT offers 15 graphical exercises, and includes datagen, the easiest-to-use statistical computational software.

• The "Personal Trainer CD-ROM" also includes interactive electronic review and multiple-choice quizzes. Students can click a "Transcript" button to produce word-for-word transcripts of each lectlet audio- a feature that is especially beneficial to ESL/ELL students. This CD-ROM is a dynamic and useful "after-class tutor" for any student struggling with statistics!

• All discussions of computational formulas (for standard deviation, variance, ANOVA, correlation, and regression) can be found in the "Resources" section of the "Personal Trainer CD-ROM," though the formulas remain in the text for reference. This streamlines those chapters, focusing students more directly on the basic concepts.

• Eyeball estimation techniques teach students to vividly visualize important statistics such as the mean, standard deviation, standard error, correlation coefficient, and regression constants. Clear visualization greatly enhances long-term comprehension and memory, providing a valuable head start for those students going on to subsequent research design or second-semester statistics courses. Eyeball estimation teaches students to inspect the data and determine the approximate magnitude of the statistic, thus enhancing comprehension and setting the stage for computation.

• "Progressive Cumulative Review" addresses the problem students have when deciding which statistic to use for a particular procedure. Each chapter doubles back to weave previous concepts into the current discussion. Progressive cumulative homework exercises gradually build discrimination skill, helping students to determine which statistic is appropriate for which kind of problem. Those exercises solve the "if this is Chapter 14 it must be an ANOVA exercise" which deprives students of the opportunity to practice making these important discriminations.

• Hurlburt's eyeball estimation approach motivates students to learn and instills in them a true conceptual understanding of what is going on behind the mechanical calculations of statistical procedures.

• The eyeglass icon is used throughout the text to indicate sections where eyeball estimation is taught. The CD-ROM logo throughout the text refers students to relevant portions of the "Personal Trainer CD-ROM."

• Our "Statistics and Research Methods Workshops" are free when you adopt this text! Thoroughly updated and more interactive than ever, these online workshops give your students hands-on experience with fundamental concepts. Examples, graphs, explanations, and interactive exercises walk students through even the most difficult concepts. Preview these workshops today at http://psychology.wadsworth.com/workshops.

• NEW! Exercise sets C, E, and F, previously located in the text, have been moved to the Personal Trainer CD-ROM to streamline chapter presentations.

• NEW! Updates to the Personal Trainer CD-ROM include: inclusion of a printable version of all lectlets to facilitate students' note taking; improved graphics in many lectlets; and revisions to ESTAT for smoother use.

• NEW! The Fourth Edition has been updated to reflect reviewer feedback and changes to course curriculum.

• NEW! New or expanded coverage of the following topics is included: new coverage of order or mathematical operations (Chapter 2); and expanded coverage of the concept of the deviation, including new graphics to aid in student comprehension (Chapter 5).

• NEW! Chapter 4 includes improved discussion of determination of the median, Chapter 7 includes improved coverage of the central limit theorem and the distribution of means, and Chapter 15 includes improved discussion of interaction in two-way anova.

• NEW! Chapter 6 includes a simplified discussion of percentiles.

• NEW! The introduction to hypothesis testing has been revised in Chapter 9.

• NEW! Based on reviewer feedback, coverage of Cohen's nonoverlap statistic U has been eliminated.

Comprehending Behavioral Statistics (with CD-ROM) 4th Edition Russell T. Hurlburt University of Nevada, Las Vegas Published by Wadsworth Publishing CB 2006 ISBN/ISSN: 0-534-60627-X ISBN - 13: 978-0-534-60627-5 List Price: 176.95, Your Price: 159.26 Status: Available # Pages: 624 Dimensions: 8 x 9 1/4 INCHES

Description: An unbeatable combination that will appeal to any learning style! Packaged with the free Personal Trainer CD-ROM, COMPREHENDING BEHAVIORAL STATISTICS makes statistics appealing and approachable to students with a variety of learning styles and backgrounds. Students who learn best by READING find Hurlburt's explanations-which have been crafted and revised based on his own students' feedback-to be exceptionally clear. Students who learn better by LISTENING find the audio/visual "lectlets" on the accompanying Personal Trainer CD-ROM invaluable. Covering each topic in the text, the lectlets include interactive review questions with immediate feedback that engage students who learn best by INTERACTING. For VISUAL learners, the text includes more than 400 illustrations (twice as many as most texts), as well as Hurlburt's free ESTAT software on the accompanying CD-ROM. ESTAT is a unique program that allows students to practice the eyeball-estimation of basic concepts so that they can understand at a deeper level the statistics they are computing. Faculty appreciate the textbook's accuracy and focus on timely topics as well as its innovative pedagogy: Hurlburt uses a progressive, cumulative integration and review of concepts so students keep fundamental concepts "fresh" as they progress through the course.
Benefits: • NEW! Hurlburt utilized extensive student feedback in revising this edition. He asked them to mark any sentence where they stumbled for whatever reason. This allowed Hurlburt to target improvements directly at those places students found troublesome. Students found the 3rd edition exceptionally clear; the 4th should be clearer still. • NEW! Chapter 14 has been updated to include: a revised introduction to the analysis of variance; clarification of the computational steps in the analysis of variance; and improved figures illustrating the analysis of variance. • The easy to use, hands-on "Personal Trainer CD-ROM" contains 43 short interactive audio/visual lectures (called "lectlets") covering all the concepts in the text. Students use the lectlets to prepare for class, to clarify concepts they didn't understand in class, to keep up if they have to miss a class, and to review for exams. This FREE CD-ROM also includes ESTAT, Hurlburt's unique eyeball-estimation software, which enables students to make an educated guess about the magnitude of a statistic without the use of a calculator or statistical tables. ESTAT offers 15 graphical exercises, and includes datagen, the easiest-to-use statistical computational software. • The "Personal Trainer CD-ROM" also includes interactive electronic review and multiple-choice quizzes. Students can click a "Transcript" button to produce word-for-word transcripts of each lectlet audio- a feature that is especially beneficial to ESL/ELL students. This CD-ROM is a dynamic and useful "after-class tutor" for any student struggling with statistics! • All discussions of computational formulas (for standard deviation, variance, ANOVA, correlation, and regression) can be found in the "Resources" section of the "Personal Trainer CD-ROM," though the formulas remain in the text for reference. This streamlines those chapters, focusing students more directly on the basic concepts. • Eyeball estimation techniques teach students to vividly visualize important statistics such as the mean, standard deviation, standard error, correlation coefficient, and regression constants. Clear visualization greatly enhances long-term comprehension and memory, providing a valuable head start for those students going on to subsequent research design or second-semester statistics courses. Eyeball estimation teaches students to inspect the data and determine the approximate magnitude of the statistic, thus enhancing comprehension and setting the stage for computation. • "Progressive Cumulative Review" addresses the problem students have when deciding which statistic to use for a particular procedure. Each chapter doubles back to weave previous concepts into the current discussion. Progressive cumulative homework exercises gradually build discrimination skill, helping students to determine which statistic is appropriate for which kind of problem. Those exercises solve the "if this is Chapter 14 it must be an ANOVA exercise" which deprives students of the opportunity to practice making these important discriminations. • Hurlburt's eyeball estimation approach motivates students to learn and instills in them a true conceptual understanding of what is going on behind the mechanical calculations of statistical procedures. • The eyeglass icon is used throughout the text to indicate sections where eyeball estimation is taught. The CD-ROM logo throughout the text refers students to relevant portions of the "Personal Trainer CD-ROM." • Our "Statistics and Research Methods Workshops" are free when you adopt this text! Thoroughly updated and more interactive than ever, these online workshops give your students hands-on experience with fundamental concepts. Examples, graphs, explanations, and interactive exercises walk students through even the most difficult concepts. Preview these workshops today at http://psychology.wadsworth.com/workshops. • NEW! Exercise sets C, E, and F, previously located in the text, have been moved to the Personal Trainer CD-ROM to streamline chapter presentations. • NEW! Updates to the Personal Trainer CD-ROM include: inclusion of a printable version of all lectlets to facilitate students' note taking; improved graphics in many lectlets; and revisions to ESTAT for smoother use. • NEW! The Fourth Edition has been updated to reflect reviewer feedback and changes to course curriculum. • NEW! New or expanded coverage of the following topics is included: new coverage of order or mathematical operations (Chapter 2); and expanded coverage of the concept of the deviation, including new graphics to aid in student comprehension (Chapter 5). • NEW! Chapter 4 includes improved discussion of determination of the median, Chapter 7 includes improved coverage of the central limit theorem and the distribution of means, and Chapter 15 includes improved discussion of interaction in two-way anova. • NEW! Chapter 6 includes a simplified discussion of percentiles. • NEW! The introduction to hypothesis testing has been revised in Chapter 9. • NEW! Based on reviewer feedback, coverage of Cohen's nonoverlap statistic U has been eliminated.