Understanding Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences: Step by Step - Hardcover

McLaughlin, Judith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0155074083 ISBN 13: 9780155074088

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2002

Synopsis

This text, designed for the introductory student with no background in statistics, features the author's step-by-step approach to teaching the subject. Each chapter contains procedures that walk the student through the descriptive or inferential statistic being presented. These procedures help to break down the barriers that prevent students from learning statistics.

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Review:

1. Why Study Statistics? 2. Research and Measurement. 3. Frequency Tables and Graphs. 4. Measures of Central Tendency. 5. Measures of Variability. 6. Measures of Relative Standing. 7. The Normal Distribution. 8. Measures of Linear Correlation. 9. Regression and Prediction. 10. Probability and the Binomial Distribution. 11. Sampling Distributions. 12. Hypothesis Testing. 13. Parametric Tests for One Sample. 14. Parametric Tests for Two Samples. 15. Nonparametric Tests for Two Samples. 16. A Statistical Test for More than Two Samples: The One-Factor Analysis of Variance. 17. A Statistical Test for More than Two Samples: The Two-Factor Analysis of Variance. 18. Chi Square. 19. Deciding Which Statistic to Use.

Synopsis:

Contains procedures that walk the student through the descriptive or inferential statistic being presented. These procedures help to break down the barriers that prevent students from learning statistics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0155074083
• ISBN 13: 9780155074088
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 608