This is an introductory applied statistics text that can be used for a one- or two-semester course at either the undergraduate or graduate level. Central features are its hands-on approach; the use of real data; the wealth of exercises and illustrated examples using these data; the complete set of detailed answers to exercises in an appendix; the presentation of statistical methods witha clear, conceptual emphasis that includes an historical account of each method; and the integration of SPSS in a way that reflects statistical practice. Step-by-step instructions for using SPSS are provided as each new analytic procedure is introduced. A data CD is included with the text so that students may conduct their own statistical analyses and learn firsthand how statistics is used in practice. INDICE: 1. Introduction; 2. Examining univariate distributions; 3. Measures of location, spread, and skewness; 4. Re-expressing variables; 5. Exploring relationships between two variables; 6. Simple linear regression; 7. Probability fundamentals; 8. Theoretical probability models; 9. The role of sampling ininferential statistics; 10. Inferences involving the mean of a single population when o is known; 11. Inferences involving the mean when o is not known: one and two sample designs; 12. One-way analysis of variance; 13. Two-way analysis of variance; 14. Correlation and simple regression as inferential techniques; 15. An introduction to multiple regression; 16. Nonparametric methods; Appendix A. Data set descriptions; Appendix B. SPSS macro to generate a sampling distribution of means; Appendix C. Statistical tables; Appendix D. References; Appendix E. Solutions to exercises.
- ISBN: 978-0-521-67637-3
- Editorial: Cambridge University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 768
- Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés