Statistics alive!. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Wendy J. Steinberg.
• Other Names: Steinberg, Wendy J
• Contents: List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Supplemental Material for Use With Statistics Alive!; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Part I. Preliminary Information: "First Things First"; 1. Math Review, Vocabulary, and Symbols; 2. Measurement Scales; Part II. Tables and Graphs: "On Display"; 3. Frequency and Percentile Tables; 4. Graphs and Plots; Part III. Central Tendency: "Bull's-Eye"; 5. Mode, Median, and Mean; Part IV. Dispersion: "From Here To Eternity"; 6. Range, Variance, and Standard Deviation; Part V. The Normal Curve and Standard Scores: "What's the Score?"; 7. Percent Area and the Normal Curve; 8. z Scores; 9. Score Transformations and Their Effects; Part VI. Probability: "Odds Are"; 10. Probability Definitions and Theorems; 11. The Binomial Distribution; Part VII. Inferential Theory: "Of Truth and Relativity"; 12. Sampling, Variables, and Hypotheses; 13. Errors and Significance; 14. The z Score as a Hypothesis Test; Part VIII. The One-Sample Test: "Are They From Our Part of Town?"; 15. Standard Error of the Mean; 16. Normal Deviate Z Test; 17. One-Sample t Test; 18. Interpreting and Reporting One-Sample t: Error, Confidence, and Parameter Estimates; Part IX. The Two-Sample Test: "Ours Is Better Than Yours"; 19. Standard Error of the Difference Between the Means; 20. t Test With Independent Samples and Equal Sample Sizes; 21. t test With Unequal Sample Sizes; 22. t Test With Related Samples; 23. Interpreting and Reporting Two-Sample t: Error, Confidence, and Parameter Estimates; Part X. The Multisample Test: "Ours Is Better Than Yours or Theirs"; 24. ANOVA Logic: Sums of Squares, Partitioning, and mean Squares; 25. One-Way ANOVA: Independent Samples and Equal Sample Sizes; Part XI. Post Hoc Tests: "So Who's Responsible?"; 26. Turkey HSD Test; 27. Scheffé Test; Part XII. More Than One Idependent Variable: "Double Dutch Jump Rope"; 28. Main Effects and Interaction Effects; 29. Factorial ANOVA; Part XIII. Nonparametric Statistics: "Without Form or Void"; 30. One-Variable Chi-Square: Goodness of Fit; 31. Two-Variable Chi-Square: Test of Independence; Part XIV. Effect Size and Power: "How Much Is Enough?"; 32. Measures of Effect Size; 33. Power and the Factors Effecting It; Part XV. Correlation: "Whither Thou Goest, I Will Go"; 34. Relationship Strength and Direction; 35. Pearson r; 36. Correlation Pitfalls; Part XVI. Linear Prediction: "You're So Predictable"; 37. Linear Prediction; 38. Standard Error of Prediction; 39. Introduction to Multiple Regression; Part XVII. Review: "Say It Again, Sam"; 40. 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; Appendix H: Odd Solutions Texbook Exercises; References; Index;
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (632 pages)
• Subjects: 519.5; Statistics; Social sciences -- Statistical methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483343341; 1483343340
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