Designed for those approaching this subject for the first time, Easy Statistics in Psychology is a short, readable guide to the ideas behind statistical formulae and the benefits that a rigorous statistical approach brings to psychological research.

Packed with useful analogies, it helps students get beyond the numbers.

• Focuses on the ideas and practicalities of statistics in psychology, rather than an array of complex numbers and formulas
• Covers the key tests and concepts relevant to the undergraduate student
• Includes a helpful section on the uses and abuses of statistics, outlining when the specific tests can be used and when they should not
• Written by the author of Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A BPS Guide (Blackwell, 2004)

Mark Forshaw is Principal Lecturer in Psychology at Staffordshire University. He is a Chartered Health Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He is the author of Your Undergraduate Psychology Project: A BPS Guide (BPS Blackwell, 2004).