behavioral science books

	Basic Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences (Custom Edition, 5th. Ed.)
	By: Gary W. Heiman ISBN: 0618733299 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Custom Publishing Release Date: 2006 Bioscience book rank: 1594695
	Statistical Concepts: A Second Course for Education and the Behavioral Sciences
	By: Richard G. Lomax ISBN: 0805837833 Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Release Date: 01 October, 2000 Bioscience book rank: 996722
	Ordinal Data Modeling (Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences)
	By: Valen E. Johnson, James H. Albert ISBN: 0387987185 Publisher: Springer Release Date: 15 December, 2000 Bioscience book rank: 1105861	This book provides both the Bayesian and classical approaches to ordinal data analysis but is unique in emphasizing the Bayesian approach and the latest advances. The authors are academic statisticians and the text is designed for a graduate level course for statistics or social science majors. It includes some very well written introductory material on these two forms fo statistical inference. <br />The mathematical level is intermediate but is written in a clear way to be accessible to social science students. This is also a good reference book for statisticians especially those involved in educational testing. <br /> <br />Markov chain Monte Carlo methods are provided along with some programmed algorithms for doing Gibbs sampling. A website is available to help the reader get access to datasets and software to implement the procedures. <br /> <br />Although the offer of software is nice, the authors neglect to mention the BUGS software that has been developed in the UK to handle MCMC problems. BUGS or the new window based WinBUGS is easily accessible to the reader and provides a lot of additional modeling aids including diagnostics. <br /> <br />The book covers a lot of interesting and applications oriented topics including logistic regression, ordinal regression, item response models, graded response models and the analysis of ROC curves. Concepts are illustrated and techniques demonstrated through real problems. <br /> <br /> This book provides both the Bayesian and classical approaches to ordinal data analysis but is unique in emphasizing the Bayesian approach and the latest advances. The authors are academic statisticians and the text is designed for a graduate level course for statistics or social science majors. It includes some very well written introductory material on these two forms fo statistical inference.<p>The mathematical level is intermediate but is written in a clear way to be accessible to social science students. This is also a good reference book for statisticians especially those involved in educational testing.<p>Markov chain Monte Carlo methods are provided along with some programmed algorithms for doing Gibbs sampling. A website is available to help the reader get access to datasets and software to implement the procedures.<p>Although the offer of software is nice, the authors neglect to mention the BUGS software that has been developed in the UK to handle MCMC problems. BUGS or the new window based WinBUGS is easily accessible to the reader and provides a lot of additional modeling aids including diagnostics.<p>The book covers a lot of interesting and applications oriented topics including logistic regression, ordinal regression, item response models, graded response models and the analysis of ROC curves. Concepts are illustrated and techniques demonstrated through real problems.
	The Sibling Bond (Basic Behavioral Science)
	By: Stephen P. Bank, Michael D. Kahn ISBN: 0465078435 Publisher: Basic Books Release Date: 01 May, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 583083
	An Introduction to Statistical Concepts for Education and Behavioral Sciences
	By: Richard G. Lomax ISBN: 0805827498 Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Release Date: 01 July, 2000 Bioscience book rank: 873761	A good text should allow the student to learn without intense reinstruction from the professor. This book fails miserably at achieving such a result. So do your students a favor, choose another text unless you are interested in delivering vigorous (re)explanations of concepts supposedly laid out within this piece of trash.
	The Kernel Method of Test Equating (Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences)
	By: Alina A. von Davier, Paul W. Holland, Dorothy T. Thayer ISBN: 0387019855 Publisher: Springer Release Date: 01 October, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 1254653
	Rapid Review Behavioral Science (Rapid Review)
	By: Vivian Stevens ISBN: 0323020070 Publisher: Mosby Release Date: 01 September, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 1296231
	Conducting Research: Social and Behavioral Science Methods
	By: Lawrence T. Orcher ISBN: B000I85AGI Publisher: PP Release Date: 2006 Bioscience book rank: 1545578
	Visual Mnemonics for Behavioral Sciences
	By: Laurie Marbas, Erin Case ISBN: 1405103647 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Release Date: 01 November, 2003 Bioscience book rank: 1097737	Offers a complete review of all the important behavioral science facts - from psych disorders to cluster a/b/c traits, to defense mechanisms, to substance abuse - this book has it all. Useful for USMLE Step 1, psych rotations, or a psych class. I have the whole series and this is one of the best!
	APA Style Helper 3.0: Software for New Writers in the Behavioral Sciences (CD-ROM, Individual Version)
	By: American Psychological Association ISBN: 1557988307 Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA) Release Date: 15 July, 2001 Bioscience book rank: 758592	A terrible waste of time and money. In fact, embarrassing to the computer profession, and to the psychological profession too. You can do better with 30 minutes of training in Word from a friend. This program helps with formating your paper as far as the heading, the running head, and the references but I had a lot of problems "seeing" my paper without printing the paper first. Just like the APA Manual, I feel like this product is very difficult to use. This software does work better than most reviewers have let on, but it is a complete waste of time. As a time-saver, this software is a complete failure. I regret every single cent that I wasted. <br> The software does work; it will help you format your paper in APA style after you work out the complicated issues involved in making it integrate with your word processor (a process which makes even the most experienced computer user want to cuss). Even harder than the impossible task of making it integrate with your word processor is getting it to know what you want it to do. Luckily I have the Publication Manual (which I love, see my 5-star review), so I could double check the helper's output: it screwed up on more than one occasion. After all the time that I wasted, I decided that this software is a complete joke. The APA did not put the effort into this that they put into their Publication Manual. <br> DO NOT buy this software. DO buy the Publication Manual (ISBN: 1557987912)