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Behavioral Research Data Analysis with R

  • For behavioral research practitioners who are interested in learning R

  • Provides practical advice on some of the widely-used statistical methods in behavioral research, using a set of notes and annotated examples

  • Emphasizes practical data analytic skills

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Use R! (USE R)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction

    • Yuelin Li, Jonathan Baron
    Pages 1-17
  3. Reading and Transforming Data Format

    • Yuelin Li, Jonathan Baron
    Pages 19-37
  4. Statistics for Comparing Means and Proportions

    • Yuelin Li, Jonathan Baron
    Pages 39-54
  5. R Graphics and Trellis Plots

    • Yuelin Li, Jonathan Baron
    Pages 55-77
  6. Analysis of Variance: Repeated-Measures

    • Yuelin Li, Jonathan Baron
    Pages 79-107
  7. Linear and Logistic Regression

    • Yuelin Li, Jonathan Baron
    Pages 109-127
  8. Statistical Power and Sample Size Considerations

    • Yuelin Li, Jonathan Baron
    Pages 129-137
  9. Item Response Theory

    • Yuelin Li, Jonathan Baron
    Pages 139-159
  10. Imputation of Missing Data

    • Yuelin Li, Jonathan Baron
    Pages 161-175
  11. Linear Mixed-Effects Models in Analyzing Repeated-Measures Data

    • Yuelin Li, Jonathan Baron
    Pages 177-204
  12. Linear Mixed-Effects Models in Cluster-Randomized Studies

    • Yuelin Li, Jonathan Baron
    Pages 205-227
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 229-245

About this book

This book is written for behavioral scientists who want to consider adding R to their existing set of statistical tools, or want to switch to R as their main computation tool. The authors aim primarily to help practitioners of behavioral research make the transition to R. The focus is to provide practical advice on some of the widely-used statistical methods in behavioral research, using a set of notes and annotated examples. The book will also help beginners learn more about statistics and behavioral research. These are statistical techniques used by psychologists who do research on human subjects, but of course they are also relevant to researchers in others fields that do similar kinds of research.

The authors emphasize practical data analytic skills so that they can be quickly incorporated into readers’ own research.

Keywords

  • Behavioral science
  • R applications

Reviews

From the reviews:

“The target audience is behavioural scientists who wish to move to using R for some or all of their analyses. … There is a good balance between discussion of the scientific background, the processing of data, R coding issues, and discussion of results. Extensive references are provided, both for sources of the data and for methodology. … For a senior student or researcher … this text is strongly recommended.” (John H. Maindonald, International Statistical Review, Vol. 82 (1), 2014)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

    Yuelin Li

  • Dept. Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Berwyn, USA

    Jonathan Baron

About the authors

Yuelin Li is a research psychologist and a behavioral statistician.  His appointment at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center allows him to apply a range of statistical techniques in understanding complex human behaviors---social network influence of young adult smoking, genetic-environment interaction in cognitive impairment, health behavior change, psychosocial and quality of life outcomes in  cancer treatment, survivorship, and end of life care.

Jonathan Baron is Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches Judgments and Decision and does research people's judgments and decisions about public policies.  He has been fascinated by the promise of computers since about 1960 and has come of age with them and used them in his research.  In 2000, he began the Web site (http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu) and document that led to this book, which was then mostly about data layout, until Yuelin Li (who shared the same PhD advisor, David Krantz) volunteered to help with the more substantive parts.  Baron is founding and current editor of the journal Judgment and Decision Making.

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Buying options

eBook USD 64.99
Price excludes VAT (Canada)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (Canada)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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Purchases are for personal use only

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