Statistical persuasion : how to collect, analyze, and present data-- accurately, honestly, and persuasively /: how to collect, analyze, and present data-- accurately, honestly, and persuasively. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert W. Pearson.
• Other Names: Pearson, R. W (Robert W.)
• Contents: PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. Introduction; 2. Research Design and Data Collection; 3. Measurement; 4. Data Editing, Transformation, Index Construction, and Weights; 5. Statistics as Description; 6. Charts and Graphs; 7. Percentages and Contingency Tables; 8. Samples and Statistical Inference; 9. Statistics as Group Differences; 10. Statistics as Relationships; 11. Regression Analysis; 12. Detecting and Correcting Violations of Regression Assumptions; 13. Time Series Analysis, Program Assessment, and Forecasting; 14. Presenting Persuasive Statistical Analyses; APPENDIX A: FROM WHENCE DO DATA COME? KEY STATISTICAL SITES FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT; APPENDIX B: HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT STATISTICS; APPENDIX C: IN-CLASS QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCES
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (424 pages)
• Subjects: 519.5; Statistics; Social sciences -- Statistical methods; Decision making -- Statistical methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483389486; 1483389480
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