Statistical Methods in Education and Psychology

Name: Statistical Methods in Education and Psychology
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ISBN: 9780205673537

ISBN-10: 0205673538

ISBN-13: 9780205673537

Edition: 3rd 1996

Authors: Gene V. Glass, Kenneth D. Hopkins

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Description:

The approach of SMEP-III is conceptual rather than mathematical. The authors stress the understanding, applications, and interpretation of concepts rather than derivation and proof or hand-computation.

Book details

List price: $241.80
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/19/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 608
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.508
Language: English



Each chapter begins with "Introduction" and concludes with "Case Study," "Chapter Summary," "Suggested Computer Activities," "Mastery Test Answers to Mastery Test," and "Problems and Exercises."


Preface



Introduction


The "Image" of Statistics


Descriptive Statistics


Inferential Statistics


Statistics and Mathematics


Case Method


Our Targets



Measurement, Variables, and Scales


Variables and their Measurement


Measurement: The Observation of Variables


Measurement Scales


Nominal Measurement


Ordinal Measurement


Interval Measurement


Ratio Measurement


Interrelationships among Measurement Scales


Continuous and Discrete Variables



Frequency Distributions and Visual Displays of Data


Tabulating Data


Grouped Frequency Distributions


Grouping and Loss of Information


Graphing a Frequency Distribution: The Histogram


Frequency and Percentage Polygons


Type of Distribution


Cumulative Distributions and the Ogive Curve


Percentiles


Box-and-Whisker Plots


Stem-and-Leaf Displays


Time-Series Graphs


Misleading Graphs


How to Lie with Statistics



Measures of Central Tendency


The Mode


The Median


Summation Notation


The Mean