Statistics translated : a step-by-step guide to analyzing and interpreting data /
Terrell, Steven R.,
Statistics translated : a step-by-step guide to analyzing and interpreting data / Statistics translated : A step-by-step guide to analysing and interpreting data Steven R. Terrell. - First edition. - xvi, 409 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: you do not need to be a statistician to understand statistics! -- Identifying a research problem and stating hypotheses -- Identifying the independent and dependent variables in a hypothesis -- Measures of dispersion and measures of relative standing -- Graphically describing the dependent variable -- Choosing the right statistical test -- The one sample t-test -- The independent sample t-test -- The dependent sample t-test -- The analysis of variance (anova) -- The chi-square tests -- The correlational procedures -- Conclusion: have we accomplished what we set out to do?.
Written in a humorous and encouraging style, this text shows how the most common statistical tools can be used to answer interesting real-world questions, presented as mysteries to be solved.
1462503012 9781462503018 1462503217 9781462503216
2011043366
Statistics--Study and teaching
HA35 / .T47 2012
519.5
Statistics translated : a step-by-step guide to analyzing and interpreting data / Statistics translated : A step-by-step guide to analysing and interpreting data Steven R. Terrell. - First edition. - xvi, 409 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: you do not need to be a statistician to understand statistics! -- Identifying a research problem and stating hypotheses -- Identifying the independent and dependent variables in a hypothesis -- Measures of dispersion and measures of relative standing -- Graphically describing the dependent variable -- Choosing the right statistical test -- The one sample t-test -- The independent sample t-test -- The dependent sample t-test -- The analysis of variance (anova) -- The chi-square tests -- The correlational procedures -- Conclusion: have we accomplished what we set out to do?.
Written in a humorous and encouraging style, this text shows how the most common statistical tools can be used to answer interesting real-world questions, presented as mysteries to be solved.
1462503012 9781462503018 1462503217 9781462503216
2011043366
Statistics--Study and teaching
HA35 / .T47 2012
519.5