Title: Datasets and Utilities for Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
Version: 0.1.2
Description: Provides instructional datasets and simple wrapper functions for selected analyses used in 'Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences'. The package is intended to support textbook examples by distributing data in a form that is easy for students and instructors to access within R. Current functionality includes packaged datasets and convenience wrappers for functions from 'ez', 'pwr', and 'WebPower' for analysis of variance and statistical power calculations. The package is designed as a companion resource for teaching and learning in introductory and intermediate statistics courses.
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Encoding: UTF-8
RoxygenNote: 7.3.3
Depends: R (≥ 3.5)
LazyData: true
Imports: ez, WebPower, pwr
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-03-10 13:33:04 UTC; Jim
Author: James Witnauer [aut, cre]
Maintainer: James Witnauer <jwitnaue@brockport.edu>
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2026-03-16 16:40:16 UTC

Bird reaction time dataset

Description

A dataset used in the Essentials stats book chapter 3.

Usage

birdRT

Format

A data frame with the following columns:

Subject

Participant identifier (character).

Condition

Experimental condition (factor).

ReactionTime

Reaction time (numeric).

Source

Imported from D:/data.CSV (original file location on author's machine).

Examples

head(birdRT)

ezANOVA wrapper for Essentials tools

Description

Convenience wrapper around ez::ezANOVA() used in the book.

Usage

run_ez_anova(...)

Arguments

...

Passed to ez::ezANOVA().

Value

The result from ez::ezANOVA().


pwr.t.test wrapper for Essentials tools

Description

Convenience wrapper around pwr::pwr.t.test().

Usage

run_pwr_t_test(...)

Arguments

...

Passed to pwr::pwr.t.test().

Value

The result from pwr::pwr.t.test().

Examples

run_pwr_t_test(n = NULL,
               d = 0.5,
               sig.level = 0.05,
               power = 0.8,
               type = "one.sample")


webpower t-test wrapper for Essentials tools

Description

Convenience wrapper around WebPower::wp.t() used in the book.

Usage

run_wp_ttest(...)

Arguments

...

Passed to WebPower::wp.t().

Value

The result from WebPower::wp.t().

Examples

run_wp_ttest(n1 = 50,
             d = 0.5,
             alpha = 0.05,
             power = NULL,
             type = "one.sample")