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Statistics for the Terrified

ISBN: 9780139554100 | 0139554106
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson College Div
Pub. Date: 7/1/1998

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SummaryTable of Contents
A brief supplement for courses in Statistics and Research Methods for the Social Sciences this book offers reluctant, math-phobic students a unique blend of humor and common sense in a brief introduction to statistics for the social sciences. The objective of the book is two-fold: (1) to give students an understanding of the concepts and computations of basic statistics, and (2) to train students to overcome math anxiety and avoidance responses that interfere with learning.

Written in a personal and informal style,... MORE
Prefaceix
Introduction1(3)
Middleness and Variability
4(17)
Symbolizing Data
... MORE(2)
The Mean
7(1)
The Median (Md)
8(1)
The Mode (Mo)
9(1)
Selecting a Measure of Central Tendency
10(1)
Variability
11(1)
The Range
11(1)
The Variance (s2)
12(6)
The Standard Deviation (s)
18(1)
Problems
19(2)
Frequency Distributions and the Normal Curve
21(15)
Frequency Distributions
21(2)
The Frequency Polygon
23(2)
The Normal Curve
25(2)
Skewed Curves
27(3)
Proportions of Scores Under the Normal Curve
30(4)
Problems
34(2)
Percentiles and Standard Scores
36(17)
Percentiles
37(1)
Standard Scores
38(6)
Converting Standard Scores to Percentiles
44(7)
Warning
51(1)
Problems
51(2)
Correlation
53(10)
The Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient (r)
56(6)
Problems
62(1)
Other Correlation Topics
63(11)
Regression
63(3)
Standard Error of the Estimate
66(3)
Multiple Correlation
69(1)
Partial Correlation
70(1)
Problems
71(3)
Introduction to Inferential Statistics
74(15)
The Null Hypothesis
81(2)
Type I and Type II Errors
83(1)
Statistical Significance and the Type I Error
84(3)
Problems
87(2)
Differences Between the Means of Two Groups
89(15)
The t Test
89(1)
The t Test for Independent Samples
90(2)
Computation of tobt for Counseled and Control Groups
92(1)
The Critical Value of t: tcrit
93(3)
The t Test for Nonindependent (Matched) Samples
96(3)
Directional versus Nondirectional Tests
99(1)
Problems
100(4)
Analysis of Variance
104(15)
Post-Hoc Analysis
111(1)
The Sheffe Method of Post-Hoc Analysis
112(2)
More Complex Analyses
114(3)
problems
117(2)
Nonparametric Tests
119(17)
The Chi-Square Test
120(5)
The Mann-Whitney U Test
125(5)
The Spearman Correlation for Ranked Data
130(2)
A Bit More
132(1)
Problems
132(4)
Postscript
136(55)
Appendixes
A Answers to Problems
140(8)
B Basic Math Review
148(14)
Positive and Negative Numbers
149(2)
Fractions
151(2)
Decimals and Percents
153(1)
Exponents and Roots
154(1)
Order of Computation
155(1)
Summation
156(1)
Equations
157(2)
Answers
159(3)
C Proportions of Area under the Standard Normal Curve
162(4)
D Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient Values
166(2)
E Table of Random Numbers
168(6)
Using the Random-Number Table to Draw a Sample
168(1)
Randomly Assigning Subjects to Treatment Groups
169(5)
F Critical Values of t
174(2)
Using This Table
175(1)
G Critical Values of F
176(4)
H Critical Values of Chi Square (X2)
180(2)
I Probabilities Associated with the Mann-Whitney U Test (One-Tailed Test)
182(4)
J Critical Values of Spearman's Ranked Correlation Coefficient (rs)
186(1)
K Overcoming Math Anxiety
187(4)
How to Deal with Math Anxiety
191

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