Basic Statistics : Tales of Distributions

by SPATZ

• ISBN13: 9780534366902
• ISBN10: 0534366902
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-25
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Learn statistical reasoning and problem solving from a master! Chris Spatz 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 grasp statistics and succeed in the course. Praised for his clear explanations, Spatz shows you how to start with a data set, identify the questions it can answer, determine appropriate statistical procedures, carry them out, and then, using plain English, tell the story the data reveal. You'll be on the way to statistical understanding before you know it! Book jacket.

Author Biography

Chris Spatz is a professor of psychology at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(21)
Data: Organization, Graphs, and Central Tendency	22	(28)
Variability	50	(16)
Combination Statistics	66	(14)
Correlation and Regression	80	(33)
Theoretical Distributions Including the Normal Distribution	113	(21)
Samples, Sampling Distributions, and Confidence Intervals	134	(23)
Hypothesis Testing and Effect Size: One-Sample Designs	157	(23)
Hypothesis Testing, Effect Size, and Confidence Intervals: Two-Sample Designs	180	(30)
Analysis of Variance: One-Way Classification	210	(24)
Analysis of Variance: Factorial Design	234	(30)
Analysis of Variance: One-Factor Correlated Measures	264	(14)
The Chi Square Distribution	278	(21)
Nonparametric Statistics	299	(27)
Choosing Tests and Writing Interpretations	326	(69)
appendixes
a Arithmetic and Algebra Review	341	(14)
b Grouped Frequency Distribution and Central Tendency	355	(5)
c Tables	360	(21)
d Glossary of Words	381	(6)
e Glossary of Formulas	387	(8)
f Answers to Problems	395