Exercising essential statistics. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Evan M. Berman, XiaoHu Wang.
• Authors: Berman, Evan M; Wang, XiaoHu, 1962-
• Contents: Introduction; Chapter 1 Why Statistics for Public Managers and Analysts?; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Application Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 2 Research Design; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Application Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 3 Conceptualization and Measurement; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Application Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 4 Measuring and Managing Performance: Present and Future; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Application Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 5 Data Collection; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Application Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 6 Central Tendency; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Data-Based Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 7 Measures of Dispersion; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Data-Based Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 8 Contingency Tables; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Data-Based Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 9 Getting Results; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Data-Based Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 10 Introducing Inference: Estimation from Samples; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Data-Based Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 11 Hypothesis Testing with Chi-Square; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Data-Based Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 12 The T-Test; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Data-Based Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 13 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA); Q & A; Critical Thinking; Data-Based Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 14 Simple Regression; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Data-Based Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 15 Multiple Regression; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Data-Based Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 16 Logistic Regression and Time Series Regression; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Data-Based Exercises; Further Reading; Chapter 17 Survey of Other Techniques; Q & A; Critical Thinking; Data-Based Exercise; Further Reading; Chapter 18 Excel User’s Guide; Loading the Data Analysis ToolPak; Locating the Insert Function (fx); The Excel Sheet Screen and Descriptive Statistics Procedure; Frequency Distributions; Chi-Square Test; One-Sample T-Test; Two-Samples T-Test; ANOVA; Regression; Creating Charts in Excel; Chapter 19 SPSS User’s Guide; SPSS Screens; Creating a Variable; Univariate Analysis: Means and Frequency Distributions; Variable Labels and Values; Defining Missing Values<br /> Selecting a Subset of Observations for Analysis; Index Variables I: Cronbach Alpha; Index Variables II: Construction; Recoding Data; Hypothesis Testing with Chi-Square; T-Tests; Conclusion; Chapter 20 Dataset Documentation; Public Perceptions; Employee Attitudes; Community Indicators; Watershed; Productivity; Crime; Time; Florida County Conservation Spending Database;
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Publisher Details: Washington, D.C : CQ Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 519.5; Social sciences -- Statistical methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781506348971
• Related ISBNs: 9781506348957
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