1st edition: November 2019

• How did Clever Hans, the horse, manage to perform mathematical operations? Or did he actually not perform them?

• What does the blind taste test of soft drinks from glasses labeled Q and M teach us about research methodology?

• How do Facebook accounts become a primary source of research?

• What is Artificial Intelligence?

• How does Deep Learning differ from Machine Learning?

• What is a mediating variable and what is a moderating variable?

• What is the effect size of my findings? How do I use R?

• How do I perform Regression Analysis in R? How do I perform Factor Analysis in R?

This book is a comprehensive manual covering three areas of knowledge:

• research methodology,
• statistical analysis using the R language,
• learning the R programming language.

The authors included a wealth of research tools capable of answering numerous questions in contemporary research in psychology and the social sciences in general.

A useful and functional tool for undergraduate and graduate students, educators and trainees, researchers and professionals who need to refer to an immediate source of information in order to accurately perform various statistical analyses and data management tasks.

The book is reader-friendly without sacrificing its scientific rigor.