Name: Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics with SPSS Student Version 13.0 By Neil J. Salkind
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Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics with SPSS Student Version 13.0 by Neil J. Salkind

NOW WITH SPSS STUDENT VERSION 13.0!

The bestselling text Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics teaches an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is informative, personable, and clear. Researchers and students who find themselves uncomfortable with the analysis portion of their work have appreciated the book's unhurried pace and thorough, friendly presentation.

Neil J. Salkind takes students through various statistical procedures, beginning with correlations and graphical representation of data and ending with inferential techniques and analysis of variance. In addition, there is coverage of SPSS (and data sets for hands-on experience available at http:/www.soe.ku.edu/faculty/Salkind/stats_fpwhs/), and a review of more advanced statistical techniques, such as reliability, validity, introductory non-parametric statistics, and more. Pedagogical features include sidebars offering additional technical information about the topic and set-off points that reinforce major themes. Finally, answers to chapter exercises and a complete glossary are located at the back of the book.

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 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.

Yippee! I'm in Statistics 1. Statistics or Sadistics? It's Up to You 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 Taking Chances for Fun and Profit 6. Hypotheticals and You: Testing Your Questions 7. Are Your Curves Normal? Probability and Why It Counts Significantly Different: Using Inferential Statistics 8. Significantly Significant: What It Means for You and Me 9. t(ea) for Two: Tests Between the Means of Different Groups 10. t(ea) for Two (Again): Tests Between the Means of Related Groups 11. Two Groups Too Many? Try Analysis of Variance 12. Two Too Many Factors: Factorial Analysis of Variance 13. Cousins or Just Good Friends? Testing Relationships 14. Predicting Who'll Win the Super Bowl: Using Linear Regression 15. What to Do When You're Not Normal: Chi-Square and Some Other 16. Just the Truth: An Introduction to Understanding 17. Some Other (Important) Statistical Procedures 18. A Statistical Software Sampler Ten Things You'll Want to Know and Remember 19. The Ten Best Internet Sites for Statistics Stuff 20. The Ten Commandments of Data Collection Appendix A: SPSS in Less Than 30 Minutes Appendix B: Tables Appendix C: Data Sets Glossary Index About the Author

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ISBN 13

9781412917940

ISBN 10

1412917948

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Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics with SPSS Student Version 13.0 by Neil J. Salkind

Author

Neil J. Salkind

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SAGE Publications Inc

Year published

20050526

Number of pages

424

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