ABSTRACT
Exploring the intersection of ethics and statistics, this comprehensive guide illustrates the proper use of probabilistic and statistical reasoning in the behavioral, social, and biomedical sciences. Lauded for their contributions to statistics, psychology, and psychometrics, the authors make statistical methods relevant to readers' day-to-day lives by including real historical situations that demonstrate the role of statistics in reasoning and decision making. In addition, seven U.S. Supreme Court decisions reflect the influence of statistical and psychometric reasoning and interpretation/misinterpretation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I Tools From Probability and Statistics
chapter 3|68 pages
Probability Theory: Background and Bayes’ Theo- rem
part |2 pages
Part II Data Presentation and Interpretation
part |2 pages
Part III Experimental Design and the Collection of Data