统计学为行为科学研究者提供了客观、系统地描述和解释其研究成果的方法，是相关专业的必修课。本书不仅教会学生掌握统计学的工具和方法，而且传授了科学研究应遵循的客观性和逻辑性原理，是这一领域极受欢迎的教科书。第6版保持了清晰、准确的语言风格，细致地讲解重要概念，分步呈现具体统计过程，辅以大量图表，精心设计例题、练习题，附录还提供统计学公式汇编等，更加有利于教学。

作者弗雷德里克·格雷维特（Frederick J.Gravetter）是纽约州立大学（Brockport）心理系教授，教授统计学、认知心理学和实验设计，教龄近40年，教学经验丰富。另一作者拉里·沃尔诺（Larry B.Wallnau）是同一所大学的心理系教授，著述颇丰，其教学研究成果多次获奖。

Chapter 1 Introduction to Statistics
Chapter 2 Frequency Distributions
Chapter 3 Central Tendency
Chapter 4 Variability
Chapter 5 z-Scores: Location of Scores and Standardized Distributions
Chapter 6 Probability
Chapter 7 Probability and Samples: The Distributions of Sample Means
Chapter 8 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
Chapter 9 Introduction to the t Statistic
Chapter 10 The t Test for Two Independent Samples
Chapter 11 The t for Two Related Samples
Chapter 12 Estimation
Chapter 13 Introduction to Analysis of Variance
Chapter 14 Repeated-Measures and Two-Factor Analysis of Variance
Chapter 15 Correlation and Regression
Chapter 16 The Chi-Square Statistic: Tests for Goodness of Fit and Independence
Appendix A Basic Mathematics Review
Appendix B Statistical Tables
Appendix C Solutions for Odd-Numbered Problems in the Text
Appendix D General Instructions for Using SPSS
Statistics Organizer
References
Index