Author Neil J. Salkind takes students through various statistical procedures, beginning with correlation and graphical representation of data and ending with inferential techniques and analysis of variance. In addition, the text covers SPSS, and includes reviews of more advanced techniques, such as reliability, validity, introductory non-parametric statistics, and more. Pedagogical features include sidebars offering additional technical information about the topics presented and points that reinforce major themes in the book. Finally, this new edition includes more examples than ever before, an expanded set of exercises at the end of each chapter, expanded data sets for Excel and SPSS, and a new Real World Stats feature which provides an applied example of the content covered in the chapter. INDICE: PART I. YIPPEE! I'M IN STATISTICS1. Statistics or Sadistics? It's Up to YouPART II. SIGMA FREUD AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS2. Means to an End: Computing and Understanding Averages3. Vive la Difference: Understanding Variability4. A Picture Really Is Worth a Thousand Words5. Ice Cream and Crime: Correlation Coefficients6. Just the Truth: An Introduction to Understanding Reliability and ValidityPART III. TAKING CHANCES FOR FUN AND PROFIT7. Hypotheticals and You: Testing Your Questions8. Are Your Curves Normal? Probability and Why It CountsPART IV. SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENCE: USING INFERENTIAL STATISTICS9. Significantly Significant: What It Means for You and Me10. Only the Lonely: The One-Sample z Test11. t(ea) for Two: Tests Between the Means of Different Groups12. t(ea) for Two (Again): Tests Between the Means of Related Groups13. Two Groups Too Many? Try Analysis of Variance14. Two Too Many Factors: Factorial Analysis of Variance15. Cousins or Just Good Friends? Testing Relationships Using the Correlation Coefficient16. Predicting Who'll Win the Super Bowl: Using Linear Regression17. What to Do When You're Not Normal: Chi-Square and Some Other Nonparametric Tests18. Some Other (Important) Statistical Problems You Should Know About19. A Statistical Software SamplerPART V. TEN THINGS YOU'LL WANT TO KNOW AND REMEMBER20. The Ten (or More) Best Internet Sites for Statistics Stuff21. The Ten Commandments of Data CollectionAppendix A. SPSS in Less Than 30 MinutesAppendix B. TablesAppendix C. Data SetsAppendix D. Answers to Practice QuestionsAppendix E. Math: Just the Basics
- ISBN: 978-1-4522-7771-4
- Editorial: SAGE Publications, Inc
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 512
- Fecha Publicación: 31/01/2014
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