Name: Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics von Neil J. Salkind
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Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics Zusammenfassung

Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics Neil J. Salkind

Written for anyone who wants to learn or brush-up on the basics of statistics but is anxious of their abilities, this book offers a step-by-step introduction to the topic. The book begins with an introduction to the `language' of statistics, and then covers descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Throughout, the author offers readers: a `Difficulty Rating Index' for each chapter's material; Tips for doing and thinking about a statistical technique; top tens for everything from the best ways to create a graph to the most effective techniques for data collection; steps that break techniques down into a clear sequence of procedures; SPSS tips for executing each major statistical technique; and time to practice exercises at the end of each chapter, followed by worked out solutions.

The book concludes with a statistical software sampler and a description of the best Internet sites for statistical information and data resources. Readers also have access to a website for downloading data that they can use to practice additional exercises from the book.

Students and researchers will appreciate the book's unhurried pace and thorough, friendly presentation.

Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics Bewertungen

"This book speaks to students!"

-- Lewis H. Margolis

"A well written, well organized and understandable introduction to statistical reasoning, use, and what meaning they may have... the reader will have a much better grasp of statistics and a better ability to consume social science research."

-- Ralph Underwager, Institute for Psychological Therapies
"As a well written, well organized, and understandable introduction to statistical reasoning, use and what meaning they may have, the reader will gain a much better grasp of statistics and have better ability to consume social science research." -- Ralph Underwager

Über Neil J. Salkind

Neil J. Salkind received his PhD in human development from the University of Maryland, and after teaching for 35 years at the University of Kansas, he was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology and Research in Education, where he collaborated with colleagues and work with students. His early interests were in the area of children's cognitive development, and after research in the areas of cognitive style and (what was then known as) hyperactivity, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina's Bush Center for Child and Family Policy. His work then changed direction to focus on child and family policy, specifically the impact of alternative forms of public support on various child and family outcomes. He delivered more than 150 professional papers and presentations; written more than 100 trade and textbooks; and is the author of Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics (SAGE), Theories of Human Development (SAGE), and Exploring Research (Prentice Hall). He has edited several encyclopedias, including the Encyclopedia of Human Development, the Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics, and the Encyclopedia of Research Design. He was editor of Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography for 13 years. He lived in Lawrence, Kansas, where he liked to read, swim with the River City Sharks, work as the proprietor and sole employee of big boy press, bake brownies (see www.statisticsforpeople.com for the recipe), and poke around old Volvos and old houses.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. YIPEE! I'M IN STATISTICS 1. Statistics or Sadistics: It's up to You II. SIGMA FREUD AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS 2. Means to an End: Computing and Understanding Averages 3. Vive la Difference: Understanding Variability 4. A Picture Really is Worth a Thousand Words 5. Ice Cream and Crime: Computing Correlation Coefficients 6. Predicting Who'll Win the Superbowl: Using Linear Regression III. TAKING CHANCES FOR FUN AND PROFIT 7. Hypotheticals and You: Testing Your Questions 8. Are Your Curves Normal? Probability and Why it Counts IV. SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT: USING INFERENTIAL STATISTICS 9. Significantly Significant: What it Means for You and Me 10. t(ea) for Two: Tests Between the Means of Different Groups 11. t(ea) for Two (Again): Tests Between the Means of Related Groups 12. Two Groups Too Many? Try Analysis of Variance 13. Cousins or Just Good Friends? Testing Relationships using the Correlation Coefficient 14. What to Do When You're Not Normal: Chi-Square and Some Other Nonparametric Tests 15. Some Other (Important) Statistical Procedures You Should Know About 16. A Statistical Software Sampler V. TEN THINGS YOU'LL WANT TO KNOW AND REMEMBER 17. The Ten Best Internet Sites for Statistics Stuff 18. The Ten Commandments of Data Collection 9. Ten Question Practice Tests Appendix A. SPSS in Less Than 30 Minutes Appendix B. Tables Appendix C. Data Sets Glossary Index

Zusätzliche Informationen

Sku

GOR010939545

ISBN 13

9780761916222

ISBN 10

0761916229

Titel

Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics Neil J. Salkind

Autor

Neil J. Salkind

Zustand

Gebraucht - Wie Neu

Bindung

Broschiert

Verlag

SAGE Publications Inc

Datum

2000-05-18

Anzahl der Seiten

408

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N/A

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