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

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

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


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Helps students learn - how they can use Excel to learn the basics of statistics. This work is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students studying statistics in courses such as Introduction to Statistics, Statistics Using Excel, Data Analysis, and Research Methods.

Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics Summary

Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics: The Excel Edition by Neil J. Salkind

Derived from his bestselling text Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics, author Neil J. Salkind presents readers with The Excel Edition! Using the same personable and clear style that made previous editions so successful, this new edition teaches students how they can use Excel to learn the basics of statistics. This is not a text on how to use Excel, rather it illustrates how this program can make the statistics learning experience a better one. Key Features: Applies Excel to statistical techniques: Introductory chapters present Excel as an accessible tool for statistical analyses. Students are shown how to install the free Excel Analysis ToolPak to earn access to a host of new and very useful analytical techniques such as ANOVA, Correlation, Covariance, Moving Averages, Regression, and more. In addition, other Excel formulae illustrate reliability, goodness-of-fit, and Chi-square. Offers an unhurried pace and thorough presentation: Using a non-intimidating, user-friendly style, this book walks students through various statistical procedures, beginning with correlations and graphical representation of data and ending with inferential techniques and analysis of variance. Real-world examples from a variety of settings illustrate the utility of statistics and reinforce concepts introduced. Provides valuable teaching tools: Pedagogical features help present an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is informative, engaging, and clear. These tools include icons, tip boxes, further readings, a glossary, the famous Difficulty Rating Scale and Top Ten lists, and much more! In addition, an extensive Excel functionality is located at the back of the book. Instructors Resources! Instructor Resources on CD are available to qualified adopters of The Excel Edition. These resources include sample syllabi, data sets, chapter overviews and objectives, chapter outlines, PowerPoint slides, discussion questions and class activities, additional resources, test items per chapter, and much more! Intended Audience: This is an excellent textbook for undergraduate and graduate students studying statistics in courses such as Introduction to Statistics, Statistics Using Excel, Data Analysis, and Research Methods. It is ideal for courses in which Excel is the primary statistical package discussed.

Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics Reviews

"In this Excel edition of his popular text, Salkind provides tools students need to use Excel along with basics of statistics for a first or second course. Using an informal writing style and humorous cartoons, he walks students through the use of Excel for statistical analyses and overviews analytical techniques. Other reader-friendly features include top ten lists, numerous tips and margin icons, and a glossary." -- SciTech * Book News *
"Firmly recommending it! . . . The Excel directions and examples are wonderfully clear. A valuable tool for the multitudes who are not going to be statisticians but who face careers replete with data summaries they will need to assimilate and understand." -- N.W Schillow * Science & Technology *

About 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 childrens 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 Carolinas 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.

Table of Contents

A Note to the Student Why I Wrote this Book Acknowledgments Part I: Yippee! Im in Statistics Chapter 1. Statistics or Sadistics? Its Up to You Why Statistics? A Five-Minute History of Statistics Statistics: What It Is (and Isnt) Tooling Around With the Analysis ToolPak What Am I Doing in a Statistics Class? Ten Ways to Use This Book (and Learn Statistics at the Same Time!) About Those Icons Key to Difficulty Icons Key to "How Much Excel" Icons Glossary Summary Time to Practice Chapter 1a. All Your Need to Know About Formulas and Functions Whats a Formula? Whats a Function? Summary Time to Practice Answers to Practice Questions Chapter 1b. All You Need to Know About Using the Amazing Data Analysis Toolpak A Look at a Data Analysis Tool Dont Have It? Part II: Sigma Freud and Descriptive Statistics Chapter 2. Computing and Understanding Averages: Means to an End Computing the Mean Things to Remember Computing the Median Things to Remember Computing the Mode Using the Amazing Analysis ToolPak to Compute Descriptive Statistics When to Use What Summary Time to Prctice Answers to Practice Questions Chapter 3. Vive la Difference: Understanding Variability Why Understading Variability Is Important Computing the Range Computing the Standard Deviation Things to Remember Computing the Variance Using the Amazing Analysis ToolPak (AGAIN) Summary Time to Practice Answers to Practice Questions Chapter 4. A Picture Really Is Worth a Thousand Words Why Illustrate Data? Ten Ways to a Great Figure (Eat Less and Exercise More?) Fist Things First: Creating a Frequency Distribution The Plot Thickens: Creating a Histogram Fat and Skinny Frequency Distributions Excellent Charts Excellent Charts Part Deux: Making Charts Pretty Other Cool Charts Summary Time to Practice Answers to Practice Questions Chapter 5. Ice Cream and Crime: Computing Correlation Coefficients What Are Correlations All About? Things to Remember Computing a Simple Correlation Coefficient More Excel--Bunches of Correlatios a la Excel Using the Amazing Analysis ToolPak to Compute Corelations Understanding What the Correlation Coefficient Means As More Ice Cream Is Eaten ... the Crime Rate Goes Up (or Association Versus Causality) Other Cool Correlations Summary Time to Practice Answers to Practice Questions Part III: Taking Chances for Fun and Profit Chapter 6. Hypotheticals and You: Testing Your Questions So You Want to Be a Scientist ... The Null Hypothesis The Research Hypothesis What Makes a Good Hypothesis? Summary Time to Practice Answers to Practice Questions Chapter 7. Are Your Curves Normal? Probability and Why It Counts Why Probability? The Normal Curve (a.k.a. the Bell-Shaped Curve) Our Favorite Standard Score: The z Score Summary Time to Practice Answers to Practice Questions Part IV: Significantly Different: Using Inferential Statistics Chapter 8. Significantly Significant: What It Means for You and Me The Concept of Significance Significance Versus Meaningfulness An Introduction to Inferential Statistics An Introduction to Tests of Significance Summary Time to Practice Answers to Practice Questions Chapter 9. t(ea) for Two: Tests Between the Means of Different Groups Introduction to the t Test for Independent Samples Computing the Test Statistic Using the Amazing Data Analysis ToolPak to Compte the t Value Special Effects: Are Those Differences for Real? Summary Time to Practice Answers to Practice Questions Chapter 10. t(ea) for Two (Again): Tests Between the Means of Related Groups Introduction to the t Test for Dependent Samples Computing the Test Statistic Using the Amazing Data Analysis ToolPak to Compute the t Value Summary Time to Practice Answers to Practice Questions Chapter 11. Two Groups Too Many? Try Analysis of Variance Introduction to Analysis of Variance Computing the F Test Statistic Using the Amazing Data Analysis ToolPak to Compute the F Value Summary Time to Practice Answers to Practice Questions Chapter 12. Two Too Many Factors: Factorial Analysis of Variance: A Brief Introduction Introduction to Factorial Analysis of Variance The Main Event: Main Effects in Factorial ANOVA Even More Interesting: Interaction Effects Computing the ANOVA F Statistic Using the Amazing Data Analysis ToolPak Summary Time to Practice Answers to Practice Questions Chapter 13. Cousins or Just Good Friends? Testing Relationships Using the Correlation Coefficient Introduction to Testing the Correlation Coefficient Computing the Test Statistic Summary Time to Practice Answers to Practice Questions Chapter 14. Predicting Wholl Win the Super Bowl: Using Linear Regression What Is Prediction All About? The Logic of Prediction Drawing the Worlds Best Line (for Your Data) How Good Is Our Prediction? The More Predictors the Better? Maybe Summary Time to Practice Answers to Practice Questions Chapter 15. What to Do When Youre Not Normal: Chi-Square and Some Other Nonparametric Tests Introduction to Nonparametric Statistics Introduction to One-Sample Chi-Square Computing the Chi-Square Test Statistic Other Nonparametric Tests You Should Know About Summary Time to Practice Answers to Practice Questions Chapter 16. Just the Truth: An Introduction to Understanding Reliability and Validity An Introduction to Reliability and Validity All About Measurement Scales Reliability--Doing It Again Until You Get It Right Validity--Whoa! Wat Is the Truth? Validity and Reliability: Reallly Close Cousins Time to Practice Answers to Practice Questions Chapter 17. Some Other (Important) Statistical Procedures You Should Know About Multivariate Analysis of Variance Repeated Measures Analysis of Variance Analysis of Covariance Multiple Regression Factor Analysis Path Analysis Structural Equation Modeling Summary Chapter 18. A Statistical Software Sampler Selecting the Perfect Statistics Software Whats Out There Summary Part V: Ten Things Youll Want to Know and Remember Chapter 19. The Ten (or More) Best Internet Sites for Statistics Stuff Tons and Tons of Resources Calculators Galore! Whos Who and Whats Happened Its All Here HyperStat Data? You Want Data? More and More and More and More Resources Plain, But Fun How About Studying Statistics in Stockholm? Online Statistical Teaching Materials More and More and More Stuff Chapter 20. The Ten Commandments of Data Collection Appendix A: Excel-erate your Learning: All You Need to Know About Excel Appendix B: Tables Appendix C: The Data Sets Glossary Index About the Author

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GOR005732838
9781412924825
1412924820
Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics: The Excel Edition by Neil J. Salkind
Used - Very Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Inc
2006-09-06
424
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