| Description |
xv, 208 pages : charts ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Palgrave study guides |
|
Palgrave study guides.
|
| Contents |
1. Introduction: statistics, non-mathematical methods and how to use this book -- 2. Probability, samples, buckets and balls -- 3. Summing things up: graphs, averages, standard deviations, correlations and so on -- 4. Why use statistics? pros, cons and alternatives -- 5. Calculating probabilities: mental ball crunching and computer games -- 6. Possible worlds and actual worlds: how can we decide what's true? -- 7. How big is the error? confidence intervals -- 8. Checking if anything is going on: tests of null hypotheses -- 9. Predicting the unpredictable or explaining the inexplicable: regression models -- 10. How to do it and what does it mean? the design and interpretation of investigations -- App. A. Using spreadsheets (Excel) for statistics -- App. B. A brief guide to the statistical package, SPPS |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references: pages 192-201 |
| Subject |
Statistics.
|
|
Probabilities.
|
| LC no. |
00002490 |
| ISBN |
1403901074 paperback |
|
