The statistic is essential for any scientific data. Can you tell me according to your experience which book is the most useful one when you want to analyses your data.
Thank you in advance and your valuable responses are highly appreciated.
It is dependent on your scientific field and used statistical software. In psycology and education, I use SPSS frequently and recommend you following books first book is definitely best. there are also excellent books from different subjects (e.g regression). My advice is general and comprehensive books. First book provide examples from different softwares.
For general
1. Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2012). Using multivariate statistics (6th ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education.
2. Hair, J. F., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J., & Anderson, R. E. (2014). Multivariate data analysis (7th ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
3. Pituch, K. A., & Stevens, J. (2016). Applied multivariate statistics for the social sciences: analyses with SAS and IBM’s SPSS. New York: Routledge.
4. Freedheim, D. K., Nelson, R. J., Healy, A. F., Tennen, H., Lerner, R. M., Easterbrooks, M. A., … Mizumori, S. J. . (2013). Handbook of psychology: Research methods in psychology (J. A. Schinka & W. F. Velicer, Eds.). Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley.
5. Field, A. P. (2013). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics: and sex and drugs and rock “n” roll (4th ed.). Los Angeles: Sage.
For specific subjects (some examples)
Regression
Cohen, J., Cohen, P., West, S. G., & Aiken, L. S. (2002). Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences. Routledge.
Aiken, L. S., West, S. G., & Reno, R. R. (1991). Multiple regression: testing and interpreting interactions. Newbury Park: Sage Publications.
Factor Analysis
Gorsuch, R. L. (1983). Factor analysis. Hillsdale: L. Erlbaum Associates.
Comrey, & Lee. (2016). A First Course in Factor Analysis.
McDonald, R. P. (2014). Factor Analysis and Related Methods. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis.
Pett, M. A., Lackey, N. R., & Sullivan, J. J. (2006). Making sense of factor analysis: the use of factor analysis for instrument development in health care research. Thousand Oaks : Sage.
Brown, T. A. (2015). Confirmatory factor analysis for applied research. New York : Guilford Press.
Missing Data
Enders, C. K. (2010). Applied missing data analysis. New York: Guilford Press.
Power Analysis
Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences (2nd ed.). Hillsdale: L. Erlbaum Associates.
Mediation
Hayes, A. (2017). Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis A Regression-based Approach. Guilford
MacKinnon, D. P. (2017). Introduction to statistical mediation analysis. New York, NY; London: Routledge.
It is dependent on your scientific field and used statistical software. In psycology and education, I use SPSS frequently and recommend you following books first book is definitely best. there are also excellent books from different subjects (e.g regression). My advice is general and comprehensive books. First book provide examples from different softwares.
For general
1. Tabachnick, B. G., & Fidell, L. S. (2012). Using multivariate statistics (6th ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education.
2. Hair, J. F., Black, W. C., Babin, B. J., & Anderson, R. E. (2014). Multivariate data analysis (7th ed.). Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.
3. Pituch, K. A., & Stevens, J. (2016). Applied multivariate statistics for the social sciences: analyses with SAS and IBM’s SPSS. New York: Routledge.
4. Freedheim, D. K., Nelson, R. J., Healy, A. F., Tennen, H., Lerner, R. M., Easterbrooks, M. A., … Mizumori, S. J. . (2013). Handbook of psychology: Research methods in psychology (J. A. Schinka & W. F. Velicer, Eds.). Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley.
5. Field, A. P. (2013). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics: and sex and drugs and rock “n” roll (4th ed.). Los Angeles: Sage.
For specific subjects (some examples)
Regression
Cohen, J., Cohen, P., West, S. G., & Aiken, L. S. (2002). Applied Multiple Regression/Correlation Analysis for the Behavioral Sciences. Routledge.
Aiken, L. S., West, S. G., & Reno, R. R. (1991). Multiple regression: testing and interpreting interactions. Newbury Park: Sage Publications.
Factor Analysis
Gorsuch, R. L. (1983). Factor analysis. Hillsdale: L. Erlbaum Associates.
Comrey, & Lee. (2016). A First Course in Factor Analysis.
McDonald, R. P. (2014). Factor Analysis and Related Methods. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis.
Pett, M. A., Lackey, N. R., & Sullivan, J. J. (2006). Making sense of factor analysis: the use of factor analysis for instrument development in health care research. Thousand Oaks : Sage.
Brown, T. A. (2015). Confirmatory factor analysis for applied research. New York : Guilford Press.
Missing Data
Enders, C. K. (2010). Applied missing data analysis. New York: Guilford Press.
Power Analysis
Cohen, J. (1988). Statistical power analysis for the behavioral sciences (2nd ed.). Hillsdale: L. Erlbaum Associates.
Mediation
Hayes, A. (2017). Introduction to Mediation, Moderation, and Conditional Process Analysis A Regression-based Approach. Guilford
MacKinnon, D. P. (2017). Introduction to statistical mediation analysis. New York, NY; London: Routledge.
Thanks, Ertuğrul Şahin for your detail list... It helps me as well.
In my research, I used following statistical books and I just like to share with you as well:
1. Multivariate Data Analysis (7th Edition) 7th Edition (https://www.amazon.com/Multivariate-Data-Analysis-Joseph-Hair/dp/0138132631)
2. A Primer on Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) 2nd Edition (https://www.amazon.com/Partial-Squares-Structural-Equation-Modeling/dp/148337744X/ref=pd_sim_14_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=F16RSG17A2RXSCMCMDV7)
3. Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics, 4th Edition 4th Edition (https://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Statistics-Using-IBM-SPSS/dp/1446249182)
Thank you so much for inviting me to this session, I think the above mentioned books and links are very good references, and I have a related book, please find the attached one. Please feel free and do not hesitate to contact me again in case of (negative) results.
Yes to all previous proposals confirmed by colleagues, preferably to choose the appropriate statistic for your specialty, which is, I think, medical statistics
Rather than recommending whole 'lists' of books that will take a lifetime to read, I recommend one: Judd, McClelland, & Ryan (2017). Data Analysis 3rd edition. The authors' various editions have been brilliantly influential in my approach to data analysis, and I consider the authors' methods to be refreshing. I just hope that one day I can have an influence that resembles the influence the authors' have had on me for giving me a field to fall in love with.
This is a highly recommended book for practicing data scientists. The focus of this books is kept on connecting statistics concept with machine learning. Hence, you’ll learn about all popular supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms. R users will get an advantage, since the practical aspects of algorithms have been demonstrated using R. In addition to theory, this book also lay emphasis on using ML algorithms in real life setting.
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📷Elements of Statistical Learning
This book is an advanced level of previous book. It is written by Trevor Hastie and Rob Tibshirani, Professors at Stanford University. Their first book ‘Introduction to Statistical Learning’ uncover the basics of statistics and machine learning. This book, will introduce you to higher level algorithms such as Neural Networks, Bagging & Boosting, Kernel methods etc. The algorithms have been implemented in R programming.
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📷Think Stats
The author of this book is Alien B Downey. It is based on perform statistical analysis practically in Python. Hence, make sure you’ve got some basic knowledge of Python before buying this book. It focuses entirely on understanding real life influence of statistics using popular case studies. Since, stats and math are closely connected, it also has dedicated chapters on topic like bayesian estimation.
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📷From Algorithms to Z Scores
Did you know the about crucial role of statistics in programming ? The author of this book is Norm Matloff, Professor, University of California. This book explains using probabilistic concepts and statistical measures in R. Again, a good practice source for R users. It teaches the art of dealing with probabilistic models and choosing the best one for final evaluation. It is a highly recommended book (specially for R users).
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📷Introduction to Bayesian Statistics
This is a highly recommended book for freshers in data science. The author of this book is William M Bolstad. It’s a must read for people who find mathematics boring. Having been written in a conversational style (rare to find math this way), this book is a great introductory resource on statistics. It begins with scientific methods of data gathering and end up delivering dedicated chapters on bayesian statistics.
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📷Discovering Statistics using R
This book is written by Andy Field, Jeremy Miles and Zoe Field. I would highly recommend this book to newbies in data science. To start with statistics, this book has a great content which goes in depth detail of its topics. Along with, the statistical concept are explained in conjunction with R which makes it even more useful. It offers a step by step understanding, with a parallel support of interesting practice examples.
What is the best book in statistical analysis of the scientific data?
It depends on whether you want a book based on statistical analysis techniques or tied to a specific statistical software like SPSS, AMOS etc. Some examples include:
Hair, J. F., Black, W. C., & Babin, B. J. (2010). Multivariate Data Analysis – A Global Perspective, 7th Edition. Pearson Education.
Hair, J. F., Hult, G. T. M., Ringle, C., & Sarstedt, M. (2013). A Primer on Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). Sage Publications, Inc.
Field, A. (2005). Discovering statistics using SPSS. 2ndEd. London: Sage Publications.
Byrne, B. M. (2010). Structural equation modeling with AMOS, (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge
If you are interested in experimental design. I recommend this book "Statistical Methods in Biology: Design and Analysis of Experiments and Regression" http://jumboskitchen.org/statistical/methods/in/statistical_methods_in_biology_design_and_analysis_of_experiments_and_regression.pdf