| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 153 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The Beginning -- The Question -- Ambiguity -- Statistics -- Fodder -- Data -- Data Measurement -- Data Structure -- Levels of Measurement -- Nominal -- Ordinal -- Interval -- Ratio -- Simplifying -- Groups and Clusters -- Counts -- Frequencies -- Pictures -- Graphs -- Scatterings -- Distributions -- Bell Shaped -- The Normal Curve -- Lopsidedness -- Skewness -- Averages -- Central Tendencies -- Mean -- Median -- Mode -- Two Types -- Descriptive and Inferential -- Foundations -- Assumptions -- Wiggle-Room -- Robustness -- Consistency -- Reliability -- Truth -- Validity -- Unpredictable -- Random -- Precision -- Sampling -- Mistakes -- Error -- Real or Not -- Outliers -- Impediments -- Confounds -- Nuisances -- Covariates -- Background -- Independent Variables -- Targets -- Dependent Variables -- Inequality -- Standard Deviations and Variance -- Prove -- No, Falsify -- No Difference -- The Null Hypothesis -- Reductionism -- Models -- Risk -- Probability -- Uncertainty -- Values -- Expectations -- Chi-Square -- Importance vs. Difference -- Substantive vs. Statistical Difference -- Strength -- Power -- Likely Range -- Confidence Intervals -- Association -- Correlation -- Predictions -- Multiple Regression -- Abundance -- Multivariate Analyses -- Differences -- Tests and Analysis of Variance -- Anova -- Ancova -- Manova -- Mancova-- Differences That Matter -- Discriminant Analyses -- Both Sides Loaded -- Canonical Covariance Analysis -- Nesting -- Hierarchical Models -- Cohesion -- Factor Analysis -- Ordered Events -- Path Analysis -- Digging Deeper -- Structural Equation Models -- Fiddling -- Modifications and New Techniques |
| Summary |
"The Tao of Statistics: A Path To Understanding (With No Math) provides a new approach to statistics through impressionistic illustrations, verse, and accompanying text. Unlike other introductions, this text explains what statistics mean and how they are used, rather than how to calculate them. Author Dana K. Keller takes readers by the hand and walks them through the basic concepts, as well as some of the most complex statistical models in use." "The book shows how life seen through statistical eyes never looks quite the same again. The author invites professionals and students to journey down this path and experience a growing sense of wonderment at the patterns and relationships that emerge from the chaos."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Statistics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1452226636 (ebook) |
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9781452226637 (ebook) |
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(paperback; acid-free paper) |
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(acid-free paper) |
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(paperback; acid-free paper) |
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(acid-free paper) |
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