TY  - BOOK
AU  - Steinberg,Wendy J.
TI  - Statistics alive! /Wendy Steinberg
SN  - 9781412956574
AV  - HA29 .S738 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Los Angeles, California, London, England
PB  - Sage Publications
KW  - Statistics
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Statistical methods
N1  - 4; List of figures --; List of tables --; Preface --; Supplemental material for use with Statistics Alive! --; Acknowledgments --; Preliminary information : "First things first" --; Math review, vocabulary, and symbols --; Measurement scales --; Tables and graphs : "On display" --; Frequency and percentile tables --; Graphs and plots --; Central tendency : "Bull's-eye" --; Mode, median, and mean --; Dispersion : "From here to eternity" --; Range, variance, and standard deviation --; The normal curve and standard scores : "What's the score?" --; Percent area and the normal curve --; z scores --; Score transformations and their effects; Probability : "Odds are" --; probability definitions and theorems --; The bionomial distribution --; Inferential theory : "Of truth and relativity" --; Sampling, variables, and hypotheses --; Errors and significance --; The z score as a hypothesis test --; The one-sample test : "Are they from our part of town?" --; Standard error of the mean --; Normal deviate Z test --; One-sample t test --; Interpreting and reporting one-sample t : error, confidence, and parameter estimates --; The two-sample test : "Ours is better than yours" --; Standard error of the difference between the means --; r test with independent samples and equal sample sizes --; r test with unequal sample sizes --; t test with related samples --; Interpreting and reporting two-sample t : error, confidence, and parameter estimates; The multisample test : "Ours is better than yours or theirs" --; ANOVA logic : sums of squares, partitioning, and mean squares --; One-way ANOVA : independent samples and equal sample sizes --; Post hoc tests : "So who's responsible?" --; Tukey HSD test --; Scheffe test --; More than one independent variable : "Double Dutch jump rope" --; Main effects and interaction effects --; Factorial ANOVA --; Nonparametric statistics : "Without form or void" --; One-variable chi-square : goodness of fit --; Two-variable chi-square : test of independence --; Effect size and power : "How much is enough?" --; Measures of effect size --; Power and the factors affecting it --; Correlation : "Whither thou goest, I will go" --; Relationship strength and direction --; Pearson r --; Correlation pitfalls --; Linear prediction : "You're so predictable" --; Linear prediction --; Standard error of prediction --; Review : "Say it again, Sam" --; Selecting the appropriate analysis; Appendix A : Normal curve table --; Appendix B : Binomial table --; Appendix C : t table --; Appendix D : F table (ANOVA) --; Appendix E : Studentized range statistic (for Tukey HSD) --; Appendix F : Chi-square table --; Appendix G : Correlation table --; References --; Index --; About the author; 2; b
N2  - Statistics need not be dull and dry. This text shows students the underlying logic to what they're learning, and well-crafted practice and self-check features help ensure that new knowledge sticks
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