Open source textbooks: You get what you pay for

I’m stretching myself this summer by teaching, for the first time ever(!), an introduction to psychology course. This is quite a change for me; for over a decade, I have only taught upper-division or graduate-level courses. Now, I’m teaching students who are early in their college career, and (because the class is a general education…

2nd edition of STATISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES out now!

Today is the release date for the second edition of my statistics textbook, Statistics for the Social Sciences: A General Linear Model Approach. I have previously blogged about the changes that make the book better than the first edition. Statistics for the Social Sciences remains the only undergraduate textbook that teaches students statistics through the…

What’s new for STATISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, 2nd edition

Today, I submitted the manuscript for the second edition of my statistic textbook, Statistics for the Social Sciences: A General Linear Model Approach. This book has been a labor of love, and it has been a great pleasure to revisit the text and make revisions. The first edition has been well received, with the comments…

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