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Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics / Neil J. Salkind.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications, Inc., 2014Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xxvii, 483 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781452277714 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 519.5 SAL 23 009112
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Contents:
Pt. I. Yippee! I'm in statistics. Statistics or sadistics? It's up to you -- pt. II. Sigma Freud and descriptive statistics. Means to an end: computing and understanding averages -- Vive la différence: understanding variability -- A picture really is worth a thousand words -- Ice cream and crime: correlation coefficients -- Just the truth: an introduction to understanding reliability and validity -- pt. III. Taking chances for fun and profit. Hypotheticals and you: testing your questions -- Are your curves normal? Probability and why it counts -- pt. IV. Significantly different: using inferential statistics. Significantly significant: what it means for you and me -- Only the lonely: the one-sample Z-test -- t(ea) for two: tests between the means of different groups -- t(ea) for two (again): tests between the means of related groups -- Two groups too many? Try analysis of variance -- Two too many factors: factorial analysis of variance -- a brief introduction -- Cousins or just good friends? Testing relationships using the correlation coefficient -- Predicting who'll win the super bowl: using linear regression -- What to do when you're not normal: chi-square and some other nonparametric tests -- Some other (important) statistical procedures you should know about -- A statistical software sampler -- pt. V. Ten things you'll want to know and remember -- The 10 (or more) best Internet sites for statistics stuff -- The 10 commandments of data collection.
Summary: Now in its fifth edition, this title teaches an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is informative, personable, and clear.
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Includes index.

Pt. I. Yippee! I'm in statistics. Statistics or sadistics? It's up to you --
pt. II. Sigma Freud and descriptive statistics. Means to an end: computing and understanding averages --
Vive la différence: understanding variability --
A picture really is worth a thousand words --
Ice cream and crime: correlation coefficients --
Just the truth: an introduction to understanding reliability and validity --
pt. III. Taking chances for fun and profit. Hypotheticals and you: testing your questions --
Are your curves normal? Probability and why it counts --
pt. IV. Significantly different: using inferential statistics. Significantly significant: what it means for you and me --
Only the lonely: the one-sample Z-test --
t(ea) for two: tests between the means of different groups --
t(ea) for two (again): tests between the means of related groups --
Two groups too many? Try analysis of variance --
Two too many factors: factorial analysis of variance --
a brief introduction --
Cousins or just good friends? Testing relationships using the correlation coefficient --
Predicting who'll win the super bowl: using linear regression --
What to do when you're not normal: chi-square and some other nonparametric tests --
Some other (important) statistical procedures you should know about --
A statistical software sampler --
pt. V. Ten things you'll want to know and remember --
The 10 (or more) best Internet sites for statistics stuff --
The 10 commandments of data collection.

Now in its fifth edition, this title teaches an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is informative, personable, and clear.

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