Interpreting Basic Statistics: A Guide and Workbook Based on Excerpts from Journal Articles

by Cox; Keith S.

• ISBN13: 9781884585098
• ISBN10: 1884585094
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-03-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Third Edition	p. vii
Exposure of Youth to Violence: Percentage: I	p. 1
Food Sources of Homeless Adults: Percentage: II	p. 4
Opiate Addicts Seeking Treatment: Frequency Distribution with Percentages	p. 7
Changes in the Incidence of Asthma: Alternatives to Percentages and Proportions	p. 10
Drug Usage Trends: Time Series Line Graph	p. 14
Television Viewing, Books, and Reading: Histogram	p. 17
Monthly Suicide Rates Line Graph with Rate per 100,000	p. 20
Norms for a Spelling Test Cumulative Percentage and Percentile Rank	p. 23
Penalties for Providing Alcohol to Minors Mean, Median, and Range	p. 26
Injection Drug Users and HIV Median and Interquartile Range: I	p. 29
Adolescent Physical Abuse and Suicide Median and Interquartile Range: II	p. 32
Nutrition of College Students and Nonstudents Mean and Standard Deviation	p. 35
Self-Reported Height and Weight Mean, Standard Deviation, and 68% Rule	p. 38
College Students' Procrastination Mean, Standard Deviation, and Approximate 95% and 99.7% Rules	p. 41
Sense of Humor and Creativity Mean, Standard Deviation, and Precise 95% and 99% Rules	p. 44
Problems of Students Absent from School T Score	p. 47
Cooperation and Friendship: Effect Size	p. 50
Measuring Functional Abilities of the Elderly: Scattergram	p. 53
Relationships Among Social Variables: Correlation Coefficient	p. 57
Academic Self-Efficacy and Social Goals: Correlation Coefficient and Coefficient of Determination: I	p. 60
New Parents Project: Correlation Coefficient and Coefficient of Determination: II	p. 63
Predicting College GPA: Multiple Correlation	p. 66
Dieting, Age, and Body Fat: Linear Regression	p. 69
Excerpts on Sampling: Bias in Sampling	p. 72
Treatment of Depression and Anxiety: Standard Error of the Mean and 95% Confidence Interval	p. 75
Social Traits of Hearing-Impaired Students: Standard Error of the Mean and 68%, 95%, and 99% Confidence Intervals	p. 78
Sexual Harassment in the Navy: t Test for Independent Groups: I	p. 81
Gender Differences in Computing: t Test for Independent Groups: II	p. 84
Empathy Among Undergraduates: t Test for Independent Groups: III	p. 87
Therapy for Users of Illicit Drugs: t Test for Dependent Groups	p. 90
Correlates of Fathering Behaviors: Significance of a Correlation Coefficient: I	p. 93
Workaholism: Significance of a Correlation Coefficient: II	p. 96
Extracurricular Activities and Dropping Out: One-Way ANOVA	p. 99
Gender and Age Differences in Fears: One-Way ANOVA with Confidence Intervals	p. 102
Effectiveness of Assertiveness Training: Two-Way ANOVA: I	p. 105
Aggression, Gender, and Ethnicity: Two-Way ANOVA: II	p. 108
Admitting to Gun Ownership: Standard Error of a Percentage and 95% Confidence Interval	p. 111
Cutting Class and Other Behaviors: Chi Square: I	p. 114
Status of Women Inmates: Chi Square: II	p. 117
Barriers to Birth Control Use: Chi Square: III	p. 120
Depression and Nonverbal Cues: Mann-Whitney U Test	p. 123
Effectiveness of an AIDS Prevention Program: Wilcoxon Matched-Pairs Test	p. 126
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