Advanced Statistics in Research: Reading, Understanding, and Writing Up Data Analysis Results

I have a MS in applied data science and I’ve read a lot of statistics books. This book is by far the BEST I’ve ever read. I LOVE it. Larry Hatcher makes the concepts easy to understand, he breaks down and explains formulas, and he provides excellent examples. I can’t say enough how great this book is. I would recommend it to anyone interested in learning about statistics.

I absolutely love this book. I am a psychology student. I needed to review statistics and learn more advanced statistics for my graduate degree so I bought this book after reading some of it at the library (I wanted to write all over it and I couldn't do that with the library's book). This book is so well written and clear I am amazed. If you need to review some basic statistics in order to perform more advanced procedures in research, this is the book for you. Thank you Dr. Hatcher for his book.

Best statistics book I've ever had. I have it at work with me as a reference and read it at home to constantly refresh my memory of some basic concepts as well. I cannot agree more with the other comments - the author explains difficult stats concepts very well and in an easy-to-understand way. I have statistics books with all the crazy equations too but I always come back to this book because for me understanding the concepts is much more important than being able to calculate the numbers which I can easily do with software anyway.

This book provides some very interesting insights into statistics. Yet, I wouldn't argue that the content covered corresponds to advanced statistics. It is particularly interesting for its references. It is definitely a good source for those looking for an approach to quantitative data analysis that minimizes mathematical concepts.

Easy to read. Logical explanations. It helps to navigate the various tools offered by statistics. Unlike calculus, statistical analysis does not have a lot of central core basics. Specific questions required specific methods for accurate analysis. This book helps the reader understand what methods are appropriate.

I’m not a fan of statistics but this book made it much easier to comprehend! My quantitative statistics professor suggested this book and I used it more than the actual course textbook. It’s very well written. I definitely recommend this book to anyone taking statistics.

A clear, well-written, and immensely helpful book with humor sprinkled throughout.

I am a huge fan of Dr. Hatcher's books. His book - A step by step approach of using SAS for factor analysis and structural equation modeling- was my self-study guide to learn SEM in SAS. This book is not an exception. A very well written, and easy to follow book for everyone.

I’m writing a meta analysis for my honours thesis and this book has certainly helped me to understand the numerous statistics used in research. It’s really worth the price and much more affordable than the other texts. I really appreciated that they gave numerous examples to illustrate how each statistical technique is used and presented in research articles. Received it in good condition after 2 weeks :)

I have bought this book for educating myself in advanced statistics, but I also have learned a lot about the basic statistics' concepts. It was funny when I realised that even my understanding of the concept of statistical significance was inaccurate, while I had always thought that I know it perfectly. This book is written in very simple English and the author provides clear and detailed examples. I guess he has a long experience of teaching, because whenever during the reading I think "Hmm. It is difficult to understand. What is this?", it is followed by the statement not to panic and then the detailed and comprehensive explanation. I had a feeling that the author can read my thoughts:). I wish all textbooks would be written in this way.

This book is comprehensive and includes the basic and advanced techniques in statistical analysis. I gained so much confidence after reading it. The language, simplicity, and sometimes humour in addressing complex concepts are the highlights of this FANTASTIC book.

One of the best books on advanced statistics, and yet so easy to read and understand for anyone with working knowledge of statistics. Loved this book!

A very detailed guide to reading and writing dissertation.