Exercising Essential Statistics

by Berman, Evan M.

• ISBN13: 9781568027227
• ISBN10: 1568027222
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-30
• Publisher: Cq Pr

Table of Contents

Tables and Figures	ix
Introduction	xi
Why Research? An Introduction
Q & A	1	(2)
Critical Thinking	3	(2)
Further Exercises	5	(3)
Research in Practice	8	(3)
Methodology: Report of a Citizen Survey	8	(2)
Concept Management: An Article	10	(1)
Suggested Readings	11	(1)
Univariate Analysis: Description
Q & A	12	(1)
Critical Thinking	13	(4)
Data-Based Exercises	17	(3)
Research in Practice	20	(2)
Report Writing: The Results	20	(2)
From Data Coding to Data Analysis	22	(1)
Report Outline	22	(1)
Suggested Readings	22	(1)
Hypothesis Testing with Chi-Square
Q & A	23	(2)
Critical Thinking	25	(4)
Data-Based Exercises	29	(1)
Research in Practice	30	(4)
Presenting Your Results	30	(2)
Hypothesis Testing Scholarship	32	(1)
Writing Up the Results of Research	33	(1)
Suggested Readings	34	(1)
Measures of Association
Q & A	35	(2)
Critical Thinking	37	(2)
Data-Based Exercises	39	(2)
Research in Practice	41	(2)
Write Up	41	(2)
A Scholarly Example	43	(1)
Suggested Readings	43	(1)
T-Tests and ANOVA
Q & A	44	(2)
Critical Thinking	46	(2)
Data-Based Exercises	48	(2)
Research in Practice	50	(1)
Index Variable Write Up	50	(1)
Suggested Readings	51	(1)
Regression I: Estimation
Q & A	52	(1)
Critical Thinking	53	(3)
Data-Based Exercises	56	(2)
Research in Practice	58	(1)
Guidelines for Write Up	58	(1)
A Working Example	58	(1)
Suggested Readings	59	(2)
Regression II: Testing Assumptions, Time Series
Q & A	61	(2)
Critical Thinking	63	(3)
Data-Based Exercises	66	(6)
Research in Practice	72	(2)
Forecasting in Practice	72	(1)
A Scholarly Example	73	(1)
Suggested Readings	74	(1)
Advanced Statistics
Q & A	75	(1)
Critical Thinking	76	(3)
Data-Based Exercises	79	(1)
Research in Practice	80	(2)
Structural Equation Model	80	(2)
Suggested Readings	82	(1)
SPSS User's Guide
Introduction	83	(1)
SPSS Screens	83	(1)
Creating a Variable	83	(3)
Univariate Analysis: Means and Frequency Distributions	86	(5)
Variable Labels and Values	91	(2)
Defining Missing Values	93	(3)
Selecting a Subset of Observations for Analysis	96	(1)
Index Variables I: Cronbach Alpha	96	(4)
Index Variables II: Construction	100	(1)
Recoding Data	100	(7)
Hypothesis Testing with Chi-Square	107	(3)
T-Tests	110	(2)
Conclusion	112	(1)
Using Spreadsheets for Data Analysis
Introduction	113	(1)
Presenting Your Results	114	(2)
Essential Spreadsheet Functions	116	(3)
Data Analysis	119	(6)
What-If Analysis	120	(1)
Pareto Charts	121	(1)
Demand Analysis	122	(1)
Allocation Decisions	122	(1)
Location Decisions	123	(1)
Forecasting	124	(1)
Statistical Functions	125	(4)
Descriptive Statistics	126	(1)
Chi-Square	126	(1)
T-Tests	127	(1)
Regression	128	(1)
Conclusion	129	(2)
Appendix: The Parks Department	131	(2)
Data Set Documentation
Public Perceptions	133	(5)
General Description	133	(1)
Methods	133	(1)
Detailed Summary	133	(1)
Note on Variables	133	(1)
Survey Instrument: Orange County Citizen Survey	134	(4)
Employee Attitudes	138	(8)
General Description	138	(1)
Methods	138	(2)
Detailed Summary	140	(1)
Note on Variables	140	(1)
Survey Instrument: Seminole County Government Employee Survey	140	(6)
Watershed	146	(3)
General Description	146	(1)
Background	146	(1)
Summary of Individual Variables: Condition Indicators	146	(1)
Summary of Individual Variables: Vulnerability Indicators	147	(2)
Productivity	149	(2)
General Description	149	(1)
Background	149	(1)
Summary of Variables	149	(2)
Crime	151	(1)
General Description	151	(1)
Background	151	(1)
Explanation of Variables	151	(1)
Time	152	(1)
General Description	152	(1)
Summary of Variables	153