Basic Statistics: Tales of Distributions - Hardcover

Spatz, Chris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0495383937 ISBN 13: 9780495383932

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 1980

Synopsis

Learn statistical reasoning and problem solving from a best--selling author who uses a wealth of examples from the social and behavioral sciences,, education,, nursing/allied health,, and business fields----as well as examples from everyday life--to help you learn and understand. Praised for his clear explanations,, Spatz shows you how to start with a data set,, identify the questions it poses,, determine and carry out statistical procedures,, and using plain English,, tell the story the data reveal.

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J. Michael Baird, San Jacinto College: "This book simplifies a very complex topic. It gives my students a very solid simple foundation to follow." Adansi Amankwaa, Albany State College: "Spatz tackles knotty statistical problems and makes it easy to understand. This is a terrific and informative textbook-which is written in such a way that makes it easy for readers to understand. Most importantly, the book allows students to critically think their way through problems and in the process allows them to consider a wide variety of points of view about the use of statistics." Daniel Calcagnetti, Fairleigh Dickinson University: "The Spatz text is learner friendly and proceeds in a logical step-by-step approach that does not assume the learner has to make great intellectual leaps to grasp the major concepts." "This text edition will serve as a powerful tool to help accomplish the difficult task of communicating ideas that are otherwise "alien" to everyday thinking and problem solving."

Synopsis

This textbook for a one-term course in statistics concentrates on conceptualization and interpretation of problems, and draws examples from behavioral, health, and social sciences. Spatz (psychology, Hendrix College) explains descriptive statistics before diving into hypothesis testing and effect size, analysis of variance, and chi square tests. Th

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0495383937
• ISBN 13: 9780495383932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 496