The Western Psychologist
2011 WPA Convention
The 2011 WPA Convention will be in Los Angeles from April 28 to May 1, 2011 at the Wilshire Grand. The Terman Teaching Conference will be held on April 27, from 9am to 5pm. The hotel is very close to the LA Live Entertainment Complex, Disney Hall, and other downtown attractions. It is next to a metro station to take you to Union Station, Hollywood, and Universal City. More information >>
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By Christopher L. Aberson
2010: Psychology Press, Taylor and Francis Group
This practical guide for conducting power analyzes using SPSS covers how to increase power without increasing sample size, how to report findings and run an analyses, how to derive effect size expectations, and how to support null hypotheses. Reviewing both power analysis techniques and tools for conducting analyzes, examples, summaries, and key statistics sections aid in understanding the material. The book reviews significance testing, power analysis strategies for common designs, how to report power analyses, and power analysis software options. Intended as a supplementary text for graduate-level research methods, experimental design, quasi-experimental methods, psychometrics, statistics, advanced statistics, and/or multivariate statistics taught in the behavioral, social, and medical sciences, researchers in these fields will also appreciate this book’s practical emphasis.
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The publisher offers a 20% discount to WPA members for this book and others on the Psychology Press website using the promo code BYJ82 at checkout.