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Author:
Salkind, Neil J.
Title:
Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics / Neil J. Salkind.
Edition:
3rd ed.
Publisher:
Sage Publications,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
xxi, 405 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Subject:
Statistics.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Yippee! I'm in statistics. Statistics of sadistics? It's up to you -- [S]igma Freud and descriptive statistics. Means to an end : computing and understanding averages -- Vive la difference : understanding variability -- A picture really is worth a thousand words -- Ice cream and crime : computing correlation coefficients -- Just the truth : an introduction to understanding reliability and validity -- Taking chances for fun and profit. Hypotheticals and you : testing your questions -- Are your curves normal? Probability and why it counts -- Significantly different : using inferential statistics. Significantly significant : what it means for you and me -- t(ea) for two : tests between the means of different groups -- t(ea) for two (again) : tests between the means of related groups -- Two groups too many? Try analysis of variance -- Two too many factors : factorial analysis of variance -- Cousins or just good friends? Testing relationships using the correlation coefficient -- Predicting who'll win the Super Bowl : using linear regression -- What to do when you're not normal : chi square and some other nonparametric tests -- Some other (important) statistical procedures you should know about -- A statistical software sampler -- Ten things you'll want to know and remember. The ten (or more) best Internet sites for statistics stuff -- The ten commandments of data collection.
ISBN:
1412951518 (paper w/cd)
9781412951517 (paper w/cd)
141295150X (pbk.)
9781412951500 (pbk.)
1412951496 (cloth)
9781412951494 (cloth)
LCCN:
2007005882
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)
ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)
IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

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