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  A Quick Review of Statistical Thinking (4th Edition)

  Richard M. Wielkiewicz

  A Quick Review of Statistical Thinking (4th Edition) is for those who need to become familiar with the content of a typical intro stats course prior to beginning an honors thesis or any research project, taking advanced statistics, reviewing for the MCAT, or starting graduate school. QRST covers effect sizes and confidence intervals for all tests typically covered in an undergraduate statistics course. SPSS also includes a very useful power analysis routine that is carefully explained in QRST.

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  Inclusion in Higher Education: Research Initiatives on Campus

  Amanda M. Jantzer and Kyhl Lyndgaard

  Inclusion in Higher Education: Inquiry-Based Approaches to Change presents an inquiry-based approach to inclusion in higher education that embraces scholarly inquiry, collaborative efforts, and data-driven interventions to inform transformative institutional change. Contributors analyze inclusion initiatives that address the experiences of minoritized groups on college campuses and recommend tailored interventions for the needs of underrepresented students in varied fields of study.

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  A Quick Review of Statistical Thinking (Second Edition)

  Richard M. Wielkiewicz

  A Quick Review of Statistical Thinking (QRST) is for students who have taken introductory statistics and need a quick review as they move forward with their own research or senior project, begin an honors thesis, take advanced statistics courses, review for the MCAT, or start graduate school. It briefly covers the topics in a typical undergraduate statistics course. The only computation covered is the standard deviation. My goal was to condense the material in the typical undergraduate statistics course into a short book that could be reviewed in a few evenings. Electronic publishing was chosen to save paper and for cost effectiveness. Each chapter ends with an exercise or quiz, with an answer key, to test your understanding of concepts. Chapter 8 explains how to use IBM SPSS Statistics software (SPSS) to perform statistical analyses covered in the typical undergraduate course and shows examples of reporting the results in articles or papers.
  Instructors of advanced statistics and research methods courses will find that QRST can be used as a text in the first week to review introductory statistics. QRST would also make a good companion text in a course that combines research methods and statistics.
  
  This book has two important help features. First, the detailed table of contents can be used to jump directly to any section of the book. Second, the book includes a glossary. Words defined in the glossary are printed in bold the first time they are used in the text.
  
  The second edition of QRST was edited extensively. The main changes are to Chapters 2 and 8. Chapter 2 on levels of measurement now reflects current practice in choosing the correct test more accurately, and Chapter 8 describes how to analyze data with the SPSS program while showing more examples of SPSS input windows and output. Another new feature is that examples of how to interpret output and report the results are included for each test.

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  On the Gate

  Richard M. Wielkiewicz

  On the Gate (the sequel to Okay, Riders, Set ’Em Up) is a chapter book for seven to twelve year old children. The book describes a BMX racing season in the life of Nate Walker. BMX racing is a sport for people of all ages and both sexes that involves racing a bicycle for one lap around a closed course. The course is about a quarter mile to half mile long and has small hills that can be ridden over or jumped that are called obstacles by the racers. Each course has several banked turns about ten to fifteen feet tall where a lot of the action in BMX racing takes place. BMX racing became an Olympic sport in 2008. On the Gate tells the story of Nate Walker, who must cope with more intense competition when he is promoted from a Novice to an Intermediate racer. Not only does he deal with tougher competition, his sister has shown interest in BMX racing! Will Nate’s second season of racing be a disaster? Can he earn a state plate? What will it be like to stay home instead of going to Grand Nationals? On the Gate is an exciting story for any child who likes competitive sports. (Juvenile fiction)

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  Sustainability and Psychology

  Richard M. Wielkiewicz

  Our planet’s ecosystems are in trouble and the main cause is the people who live here. With these two assumptions as the starting point, Sustainability and Psychology applies the principles of psychology to the problem of changing human behavior in ways that increase sustainability. Ecological thinking, Pavlovian conditioning, learning, reinforcement, punishment, evolution, the tragedy of the commons, social psychology, the role of corporations, and educating for a sustainable world are the main topics. The intended audience is anyone who is working to move society toward becoming more sustainable. This includes members of NGOs, government agencies, and environmental studies programs. The book is written for anyone with a passion about the environment but it would be helpful if the reader has taken an introduction to psychology course in high school or college. Although Sustainability and Psychology can be read by anyone, the author has built in features that would make it an excellent textbook for an environmental studies, environmental psychology, or conservation psychology class. The book has a full reference section (over 350 sources), a glossary, and each chapter ends with discussion questions.

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  Applied Clinical Neuropsychology : An Introduction

  Jan L. Holtz

  This breakthrough introductory text-unlike all other clinical neuropsychology textbooks on the market-introduces advanced undergraduate students and clinicians in training to the field by showing undergraduate students how clinical neuropsychologists actually practice their craft. The book uncovers the professional issues that clinical neuropsychologists deal with daily, including neurogenerative disorders, acquired disorders, ethical practice issues, interviewing, testing, prognosis and treatment planning, drug prescriptions, and more.

  Using case studies culled from the author's own clinical work, the book provides students with firsthand accounts of neuropsychology in action. As the first textbook to integrate real, practical applications of neuropsychology, it covers the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of individuals with brain illness or injury, as opposed to examining brain structures and functions alone. This innovative, application-based approach to neuropsychology is guaranteed to give students a clear, comprehensive understanding of what neuropsychology is and what neuropsychologists do.

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  Okay, Riders, Set 'Em Up

  Richard M. Wielkiewicz

  Nate Walker dreams of being a BMX racer, but his parents think the sport may be too dangerous. (Juvenile fiction)

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  Behavior Management in the Schools : Principles and Procedures

  Richard M. Wielkiewicz

  This text provides an introduction to the principles of behavior modification and the specific information needed to apply these principles successfully in a school environment. Emphasis is on closing the gap between theory and practice through step-by-step procedures for developing, modifying, and fading out behavior management programs. Part 1 presents the basic principles in four chapters, which cover a systematic approach to child behavior management, basic principles of child management and behavior modification, procedures for assessment and management of behavior problems, and issues in designing an appropriate behavior management program. Part 2 is on application procedures and begins with a chapter on prevention of behavior management problems in the school, regular classroom, special classroom, and home. The remaining chapters discuss selecting an appropriate behavior management program; management of behavior excesses in the regular classroom, the special classroom, and the home; management of behavior deficits in the regular classroom, the special classroom, and the home. A glossary is provided. (Contains approximately 600 references.)

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  Study Guide to Accompany Child Psychology : A Contemporary Viewpoint, Fourth Edition, Hetherington/Parke

  Rodger Narloch and Janis E. Jacobs

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  Training and Habilitating Developmentally Disabled People : An Introduction

  Richard M. Wielkiewicz and Christiane R.X. Calvert

  How can an employer determine whether a prospective employee is suited to serving the developmentally disabled? What rights does a developmentally disabled person have? Are certain skills necessary for service providers to successfully train developmentally disabled people to support themselves and live independently? Answering these and other challenging questions, this volume emphasizes the practical issues surrounding the implementation of behavioural programmes. It provides a hands-on introduction to basic knowledge useful in training mentally disabled people.