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Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio

Second Edition
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1 200 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

Taking you on a voyage of discovery through R and RStudio, this completely updated second edition combines real-world examples and humour with a hands-on 'how to' approach that brings statistics and programming to life. 

In his characteristic irreverent and engaging style, Andy Field takes a fun and flexible yet rigorous approach to doing statistics in a book that:

  • Builds statistical understanding at an accessible pace, giving you the confidence to develop your statistics and programming knowledge
  • Encourages self-testing and reflection so you can practice your new skills
  • Offers support and resources for whatever your learning style and wherever you are on your journey via a cast of colourful characters

With an exciting new look and new characters to meet, this is the go-to text for anyone in the social and behavioural sciences who wants to learn about statistics in R and R Studio.

 
Chapter 1: Why Is My Evil Lecturer Forcing Me to Learn Statistics?
 
Chapter 2: The SPINE of statistics
 
Chapter 3: The phoenix of statistics
 
Chapter 4: ARGH! ARGH!Studio and Quarto
 
Chapter 5: Describing and visualizing data
 
Chapter 6: The beast of bias
 
Chapter 7: Correlation
 
Chapter 8: The linear model (regression)
 
Chapter 9: Categorical predictors: Comparing two means
 
Chapter 10: A tale of three Ms: Moderation, mediation, and missingness
 
Chapter 11: GLM 1: Comparing several independent means
 
Chapter 12: GLM 2: Comparing means adjusted for other predictors (analysis of covariance)
 
Chapter 13: GLM 3: Factorial designs
 
Chapter 14: GLM 4: Multilevel linear models
 
Chapter 15: GLM 5: Repeated-measures designs
 
Chapter 16: GLM 6: Mixed designs
 
Chapter 17: Exploratory factor analysis
 
Chapter 18: Categorical outcomes: chi-square and loglinear analysis
 
Chapter 19: Categorical outcomes: logistic regression
 
Chapter 20: Epilogue
 
Appendix
 
Glossary

This is a very good reading resource for modules with research and literature review aspects.

Mrs Josephine D Morris
Interdiscipline, Winchester University
August 3, 2022

Andy Field

Andy Field is Professor of Quantitative Methods at the University of Sussex. He has published widely (100+ research papers, 29 book chapters, and 17 books in various editions) in the areas of child anxiety and psychological methods and statistics. His current research interests focus on barriers to learning mathematics and statistics.He is internationally known as a statistics educator. He has written several widely used statistics textbooks including Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics (winner of the 2007 British Psychological Society book award), Discovering Statistics Using R, and An Adventure... More About Author