Statistics Without Tears A Primer for Non-Mathematicians

Name: Statistics Without Tears A Primer for Non-Mathematicians
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ISBN: 9780205395095

ISBN-10: 0205395090

ISBN-13: 9780205395095

Edition: 2nd 2004

Authors: Derek Rowntree

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Book details

List price: $27.80
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/19/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Foreword


Acknowledgements


Introduction


How to Use This Book



Statistical Inquiry


Making Sense of Experience


What is Statistics?


Descriptive and Inferential Statistics


Collecting a Sample



Describing our Sample


Statistical Variables


Error, Accuracy, and Approximations



Summarizing our Data


Tables and Diagrams


Central Tendency (Averages). Measures of Dispersion



The Shape of a Distribution


Skewed Distributions


Introducing the Normal Distribution


Proportions Under the Normal Curve


Comparing Values



From Sample to Population


Estimates and Inferences


The Logic of Sampling


A Distribution of Sample-Means


Estimating the Population-Mean


Estimating Other Parameters



Comparing Samples


From the Same or Different Populations?


Significance Testing


The Significance of Significance


Comparing Dispersions


Non-Parametric Methods



Further Matters of Significance


One- Versus Two-Tailed Tests


Z-Tests and T-Tests


Comparing Several Means


Comparing Proportions



Analyzing Relationships


Paired Values


Three Kinds of Correlation


The Strength of a Correlation


The Significance of a Correlation Coefficient


Interpreting a Correlation Coefficient


Prediction and Regression


Postscript


Review


Caution