Statistics With Humans

Statistics With Humans teaches depth of understanding and application of foundational concepts in statistics for the social and behavioral sciences. By translating her passion and energy for teaching into the book, author Katie Jacobs makes statistics approachable and understandable for even the most math-phobic student. Drawing on examples from students' everyday lives and written in a friendly and conversational tone, with eye-catching full-color photos, this book both offers lots of practice opportunities, and speaks to today-s students. The book focuses on the application concepts but can also be used by those teaching with SPSS as it includes directions for using SPSS and SPSS walkthrough videos created by the author. This text is also available in Sage Vantage, an easy-to-use learning platform that offers practice problems, end-of-chapter quizzes, author key concept videos, data activities, and other interactive tools to support student learning.

By day, Dr. Katie Jacobs works as a Professor of Psychological Science at the University of Central Missouri. By night she performs with her indie rock band, Ramona Clay. And somewhere in between that, romantic getaways with her hubby, and raising four humans, she wrote this textbook.
She earned a PhD in School Psychology from the University of Missouri (Mizzou), and she didn't always love statistics- in fact, she wouldn't say "hate" because it's a strong word, but it was somewhere in that vicinity. When she started teaching statistics, she had to think critically about it, which led to her connecting the material to her own personal experiences rather than relying on worn-out statistics examples. Her approach is conversational, metaphorical, and humorous.