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Statistics for the Terrified

ISBN: 9780130983404 | 0130983403
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2007

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SummaryTable of Contents
Intended as a supplemental text for courses in statistics and research methods; as a refresher for students who have already taken a statistics course; or as a primer for new students of elementary statistics. Statistics for the Terrified, 3/E, is a user-friendly introduction to elementary statistics, intended primarily for the reluctant, math anxious/avoidant person. Written in a personal and informal style, with healthy doses of humor and encouragement, the aim of the text is to help students make the leap from apprehension to comprehension o... MORE
Prefaceix
SECTION I Essentials for Statistics1(32)
Effective Strategies for Studying Statistics
3(5)
Self-assessment
... MORE
4(1)
Assumptions about the Reader
4(1)
Effective Strategies for Studying Statistics
5(3)
Overcoming Math Anxiety
8(9)
What Causes Math Anxiety?
9(1)
Overview of Rational Emotive Therapy
9(1)
Irrational Beliefs
10(2)
Self-Talk
12(1)
How to Deal with Math Anxiety
13(4)
Basic Math Review
17(16)
Basic Math Rules
19(1)
Positive and Negative Numbers
19(2)
Fractions
21(2)
Decimals and Percents
23(1)
Exponents and Roots
24(1)
Order of Computation
25(1)
Summation
26(3)
Problems
29(1)
Answers to Problems
30(3)
SECTION II Describing Univariate Data33(58)
Frequency Distributions
35(14)
What Are Statistics?
35(1)
Variables
36(1)
Scales of Measurement
37(1)
Frequency Distributions
38(4)
Graphing Data
42(2)
The Normal Curve
44(2)
Problems
46(2)
Answers to Problems
48(1)
Descriptive Statistics
49(17)
Measures of Central Tendency
50(2)
Selecting a Measure of Central Tendency
52(3)
Measures of Variability
55(8)
Problems
63(1)
Answers to Problems
64(2)
The Normal Curve
66(6)
What Is the Normal Curve?
66(4)
Problems
70(1)
Answers to Problems
71(1)
Percentiles and Standard Scores
72(19)
Percentiles
74(1)
Standard Scores
74(3)
Other Standard Scores
77(3)
Converting Standard Scores to Percentiles
80(7)
A Word of Warning
87(1)
Problems
87(1)
Answers to Problems
88(3)
SECTION III Correlation and Regression91(22)
Correlation Coefficients
93(11)
Correlation Coefficients
94(1)
Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient
95(4)
Interpreting Correlation Coefficients
99(2)
Other Methods of Correlation
101(1)
Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient
101(1)
Problems
102(1)
Answers to Problems
103(1)
Linear Regression
104(9)
Regression Equations
104(3)
Standard Error of the Estimate
107(3)
Problems
110(1)
Answers to Problems
111(2)
SECTION IV Inferential Statistics113(80)
Introduction to Inferential Statistics
115(15)
Probability
116(2)
The Sampling Experiment
118(2)
Sample Values (Statistics) and Population Values (Parameters)
120(3)
The Null Hypothesis
123(2)
Type I and Type II Errors
125(1)
Statistical Significance and Type I Error
126(1)
Problems
127(1)
Answers to Problems
128(2)
The t Test
130(15)
The t Test for Independent Samples
131(1)
Formulas for the t Test for Independent Samples
132(2)
The Critical Value of t
134(3)
Requirements for Using the t Test for Independent Samples
137(1)
The t Test for Dependent (Matched) Samples
137(4)
Directional versus Nondirectional Tests
141(1)
Problems
142(2)
Answers to Problems
144(1)
Analysts of Variance (ANOVA)
145(15)
Computation Steps
151(3)
Strength of Association
154(1)
Post hoc Analyses
154(1)
The Scheffe Method of Post hoc Analysis
155(2)
Problems
157(1)
Answers to Problems
158(2)
Nonparametric Statistics: Chi-square
160(6)
One-Way Test of Chi-square
161(2)
Yates's Correction for Continuity
163(1)
A Bit More
164(1)
Problems
164(1)
Answers to Problems
165(1)
Postscript
166(27)
APPENDICES
A Proportions of Area under the Normal Curve
169(4)
B Table of Random Numbers
173(6)
C Critical Values of t
179(2)
D Critical Values of F
181(4)
E Critical Values of Chi-square
185(2)
F Glossary of Formulas
187(6)
Index193

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