Fundamentals of Statistical Reasoning in Education, 3rd Edition

by Theodore Coladarci (Univ. of Maine); Casey D. Cobb (University of Connecticut); Edward W. Minium (San Jose State Univ.); Robert C. Clarke (San Jose State Univ.)

• ISBN13: 9780470574799
• ISBN10: 0470574798
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The original introductory statistics textbook written specifically for the discipline of education. Typically, education professors had to select from textbooks that were directed at "the behavioral sciences" or, at best, "psychology and education." While many of these texts are technically and conceptually adequate, the examples, problems, and applications are of little relevance to the reality of schools and, therefore, to the interests and concerns of education students. This text was designed to fill the void. Includes a CD.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Descriptive Statistics

Frequency Distributions

Graphic Representation

Central Tendency

Variability

Normal Distributions and Standard Scores

Correlation

Regression and Prediction

Inferential Statistics

Probability and Probability Distributions

Sampling Distributions

Testing Statistical Hypotheses about m When s Is Known: The One-Sample z Test

Estimation

Testing Statistical Hypotheses about m When s Is Not Known: The One-Sample t Test

Comparing the Means of Two Populations: Independent Samples

Comparing the Means of Dependent Samples

Comparing the Means of Three or More Independent Samples: One-Way Analysis of Variance

Inferences about the Pearson Correlation Coefficient

Making Inferences from Frequency Data

Statistical Power" (and How to Increase It)

Epilogue

References

Review of Basic Mathematics

Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter Problems

Statistical Tables

Index

Useful Formulas

Glossary

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