Statistics for the terrified.
- fourth edition.
- Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Prentice Hall, (c)2007.
- xiii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
SECTION I: ESSENTIALS FOR STATISTICS -- Effective strategies for studying statistics -- Overcoming math anxiety -- How to use SPSS -- SECTION II. DESCRIBING UNIVARIATE DATA -- Frequency distributions -- Descriptive statistics -- The Normal curve -- Percentiles and standard scores -- SECTION III. CORRELATION AND REGRESSION -- Correlation coefficients -- Linear regression -- SECTION IV. INFERENTIAL STATISTICS -- Introduction to inferential statistics -- The tTest -- Analysis of variance (ANOVA) -- Nonparametric statistics: chi-square.
Written in a personal and informal style, this book helps readers make the leap from apprehension to comprehension. Statistics For The Terrified 4/e teaches students how to use SPSS, one of the most widely used statistical software packages. This book successfully encourages readers grasp the meaning of basic statistical concepts and to solve statistical problems through a unique blend of humor, logic, and common sense. Examples problems are provided using SPSS for every key concept along with step-by-step assistance, without the need for lengthy theoretical discussions. https://www.amazon.com/Statistics-Terrified-4th-Gerald-Kranzler/dp/0131930117/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YMEK4Y2F9HY&keywords=9780131930117&qid=1681921812&sprefix=9%2Caps%2C105&sr=8-1