Here are some other resources useful in this course.

Literature Searches - who's already done what ?:

Writing - think of these as tools you need in your toolbox:

"The Elements of Style" by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White. 

Now required This is a wonderful book on writing. The only reason I don’t require it is that students already carry such a large textbook burden. It is a small paperback that can be yours for $6.00. It will pay you back copiously and is relevant to all forms of writing. You need this book.

Any text or reference on grammar. I use the Harbrace College Handbook that I’ve had since ... well ... let’s not get into that. I use it because it is designed so one can rapidly look up specific things.

"The Publication Manual of the APA" 

This is the definitive book on formatting papers. Make sure you get the 5th edition. It undoes some of the moronic changes introduced in the 4th edition. Unfortunately, it does not return to the concise, easy-to-use reference style of the 3rd, but at least it isn't actively detrimental to the manuscript preparation process.

A good dictionary. Get one and use it. Few people, for example, know what "ironic" means but they still use the word. Don’t be one of them.

A good thesaurus. There is often one best word for a given situation. You know it exists, but you can’t quite think of it … Don’t compromise.

Statistics - sometimes folks just can’t get a certain concept. They stare and stare at the relevant page, but to no avail. In this situation, it is often helpful to get another source that covers the same information. Often, just having it presented to you in a different way can clear the fog. 

On-line resources

The Rice Virtual Statistics Laboratory ( RVSL ) is a nice site from Rice University. In particular, check out the interactive demonstrations .

Statsoft (the makers of Statistica software) have an extensive online textbook that I have found to be a very useful reference. For students, the first two chapters (the top two buttons on the navigation bar on the right) are a great overview or review of the basics. In fact, I think they are a better overview than is found in most printed books, but the denisty is higher.

Richard Lowry at Vasser College has a good webtext , which is meant to be a companion site to his website for statistical computation . From what I have seen, the webtext is also a nice stand-alone resource, and the computation website contains some informative demonstrations.

Books

The book I recommend most highly is "Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences: A Brief Course" by Aron and Aron.  (which is why it is the required text for this course.)  It has been kept inexpensive by a paperback printing and a no-frills approach to the graphics.  More importantly, it is comprehensive and covers fundamental concepts like power and effect size early, before specific statistical tests are covered.  If your on a budget (or even if you aren't), and need a comprehensive reference for basic statistics, give this one a serious look.

Some short, inexpensive, and readable books on basic statistics are:

"How to Think About Statistics" by J. L. Phillips Jr. This is a nice, comprehensive coverage of basic statistics using a variety of examples. It can be yours for about $15.

"Statistics for the Terrified" by Kranzler and Moursund. This uses mostly psychology-based examples (in contrast to, e.g., the Phillips book). It seems to me that the primary concession to math-phobics was the addition of cartoons, so I’m not sure it’s actually any more accessible to these folks than other statistics books. Nevertheless, it’s good.

Some good and more comprehensive books on basic statistics are:

"The Basic Practice of Statistics" by Moore.  He has another book with a similar title (and perhaps a co-author) that covers about the same thing.  Either is good, handy, and thorough.

"Basic Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences" by Hopkins, Hopkins, and Glass.  I keep this one at home as a reference. 

There are many other books on statistics - I happen to know about the above by luck as much as anything else - find one that looks comfortable to you, just make sure it covers the concept of "power."