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| All chapters conclude with "Concluding Thoughts" and "Study Questions | |
| "Preface | |
| Introduction to Statistical Analysis | |
| Uses of Statistical Analysis | |
| General Methodological Terms | |
| Levels of Measurement | |
| Levels of Measurement and Analysis of Data | |
| Other Measurement Classifications | |
| Categories of Statistical Analyses | |
| Frequency Distributions and Graphs | |
| Frequency Distributions | |
| Grouped Frequency Distributions | |
| Using Frequency Distributions to Analyze Data | |
| Misrepresentation of Data | |
| Graphical Presentation of Data | |
| A Common Mistake in Displaying Data | |
| Central Tendency and Variability | |
| Central Tendency | |
| Variability | |
| Normal Distributions | |
| Skewed Distributions | |
| Normal Distributions | |
| Converting Raw Scores to Z Scores and Percentiles | |
| Deriving Raw Scores From Percentiles | |
| Introduction to Hypothesis Testing | |
| Alternative Explanations | |
| Probability | |
| Refuting Sampling Error | |
| Research Hypotheses | |
| Testing the Null Hypothesis | |
| Statistical Significance | |
| Errors in Drawing Conclusions About Relationships | |
| Statistically Significant Relationships and Meaningful Findings | |
| Sampling Distributions and Hypothesis Testing | |
| Sample Size and Sampling Error | |
| Sampling Distributions and Inference | |
| Sampling Distribution of Means | |
| Estimating Parameters From Statistics | |
| Other Distributions | |
| Selecting a Statistical Test | |
| The Importance of Selecting the Correct Statistical Test | |
| Factors to Consider When Selecting a Statistical Test | |
| Parametric and Nonparametric Tests | |
| Multivariate Statistical Tests | |
| General Guidelines for Test Selection | |
| Getting Help With Data Analyses | |
| Correlation | |
| Uses of Correlation | |
| Perfect Correlations | |
| Nonperfect Correlations | |
| Interpreting Linear Correlations | |
| Using Correlation For Inference | |
| Computation and Presentation of Person's R | |
| Nonparametric Alternatives | |
| Using Correlation With Three or More Variables | |
| Other Multivariate Tests that Use Correlation | |
| Regression Analyses | |
| What is Prediction? | |
| What is Simple Linear Regression? | |
| Computation of the Regression Equation | |
| More About the Regression Line | |
| Interpreting Results | |
| Using Regression Analyses in Social Work Practice | |
| Regression With Three or More Variables | |
| Other Types of Regression Analyses | |
| Cross-Tabulation | |
| The Chi-Square Test of Association | |
| Using Chi-Square in Social Work Practice | |
| Chi-Square With Three or More Variables | |
| Special Applications of the Chi-Square Formula | |
| t Tests and Analysis of Variance | |
| The Use of t Tests | |
| The One-Sample t Test | |
| The Dependent t Test | |
| The Independent t Test | |
| Simple Analysis of Variance (One-Way Anova) | |
| Appendix A | |
| Evaluating Programs | |
| Evaluating Individual Practitioner Effectiveness | |
| Glossary | |
| Index | |
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