| Description |
xii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction to Social Science Research Principles and Terminology -- Ch. 2. Measures of Central Tendency -- Ch. 3. Measures of Variability -- Ch. 4. The Normal Distribution -- Ch. 5. Standardization and z Scores -- Ch. 6. Standard Errors -- Ch. 7. Statistical Significance, Effect Size, and Confidence Intervals -- Ch. 8. Correlation -- Ch. 9. t Tests -- Ch. 10. One-Way Analysis of Variance -- Ch. 11. Factorial Analysis of Variance -- Ch. 12. Repeated-Measures Analysis of Variance -- Ch. 13. Regression -- Ch. 14. The Chi-square Test of Independence -- Ch. 15. Factor Analysis and Reliability Analysis: Data Reduction Techniques -- App. A. Area under the normal curve beyond z -- App. B. Critical values of the t distributions -- App. C. Critical values of the F distributions -- App. D Critical values of the studentized range statistic (for the Tukey HSD Test) -- App. E. Critical values of the X² distributions |
| Summary |
This book provides a brief, simple overview of statistics to help readers gain a better understanding of how statistics work and how to interpret them correctly. Each chapter describes a different statistical technique, ranging from basic concepts like central tendency and describing distributions to more advanced concepts such as t tests, regression, repeated measures ANOVA, and factor analysis. Each chapter begins with a short description of the statistic and when it should be used. This is followed by a more in-depth explanation of how the statistic works. Finally, each chapter ends with an example of the statistic in use, and a sample of how the results of analyses using the statistic might be written up for publication. This is an ideal supplement for statistics, research methods, and/or for courses that use statistics taught at the undergraduate or graduate level, or as a reference tool for anyone interested in refreshing their memory about key statistical concepts. The research examples are from psychology, education, and other social and behavioral sciences |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Statistics -- Textbooks.
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Statistics.
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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| LC no. |
2010000438 |
| ISBN |
041587291X |
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9780415872911 |
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