This volume, expressly written for undergraduate courses, is divided into three parts. The first part addresses preliminary fundamentals. The second deals with psychometrics' constituent topics, which are indispensable for understanding approaches to data analysis used in the field of psychology, which are described on the basis of concepts introduced in the first part. The third part illustrates the main methods of statistical analysis; each is examined in a simple, brief, and direct manner, using a real research problem in order to underscore their operational features.

Francesca Cristante teaches Psychological Research and Data Analysis Techniques in the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Padua.

Stefania Mannarini is a researcher in the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Padua.