ABSTRACT

This volume, Statistical Methods in Psychiatry Research and SPSS, now going into its second edition, has been helping psychiatrists expand their knowledge of statistical methods and fills the gaps in their applications as well as introduces data analysis software. It addresses the statistical needs of physicians and presents a simplified approach. The book emphasizes the classification of fundamental statistical methods in psychiatry research that are precise and simple. Professionals in the field of mental health and allied subjects without any mathematical background will easily understand all the relevant statistical methods and carry out the analysis and interpret the results in their respective field without consulting any statistician. This new volume has over 100 pages of new material, including several new appendixes.

The sequence of the chapters, the sections within the chapters, the subsections within the sections, and the points within the subsections have all been arranged to help professionals in classification refine their knowledge in statistical methods and fills the gaps.

chapter Chapter 1|20 pages

Psychiatric Research

chapter Chapter 2|10 pages

Observational Studies

chapter Chapter 3|14 pages

Experimental Studies

chapter Chapter 4|16 pages

One-Variable Descriptive Statistics

chapter Chapter 5|28 pages

Mental Health Statistics

chapter Chapter 6|12 pages

probability and probability distributions

chapter Chapter 7|8 pages

Sampling Theory and Methods

chapter Chapter 8|10 pages

Basic Elements of Statistical Inference

chapter Chapter 9|8 pages

Parametric Tests of Significance

chapter Chapter 10|12 pages

Experimental Data Analysis: Anova

chapter Chapter 11|24 pages

Non-Parametric Tests of Significance

chapter Chapter 12|14 pages

Correlation Analysis and Regression Analysis

chapter Chapter 13|10 pages

Reliability Analysis and Validity Analysis

chapter Chapter 14|10 pages

Survival Analysis and Time Series Analysis

chapter Chapter 15|12 pages

Multivariate Statistical Methods

chapter Chapter 16|52 pages

Cluster Analysis

chapter Chapter 17|10 pages

Discriminant Analysis

chapter Chapter 18|10 pages

Factor Analysis

chapter Chapter 19|18 pages

Meta-Analysis

chapter Chapter 20|6 pages

Reporting the Results

chapter Chapter 21|18 pages

Statistical Package for Social Sciences

chapter Chapter 22|44 pages

Running Data Analysis Using Spss