Using and Interpreting Statistics A Practical Text for the Health, Behavioral, and Social Sciences

Name: Using and Interpreting Statistics A Practical Text for the Health, Behavioral, and Social Sciences
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ISBN: 9780323035934

ISBN-10: 0323035930

ISBN-13: 9780323035934

Edition: 2007

Authors: Eric W. Corty

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Using and Interpreting Statistics is a uniquely engaging and easy-to-understand introductory statistics text for the health, behavioral, and social sciences, as well as general statistics courses. Written by an award-winning master teacher, this full-color text - the only full-color statistics text on the market - covers all the essential topics needed for a first course in statistics. It uses a variety of memorable examples not only from the health, behavioral, and social sciences, but also from everyday life to help drive home important topics and help students apply the material to their course of study. In addition, a unique collection of research-based learning aids promotes in-depth…

Book details

List price: $74.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 10/3/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English




Introduction to Statistics: Purpose, Measurement, Terminology, and Rounding



Tables and Graphs



Transformed Scores I: Percentile Ranks



Descriptive Statistics: Measuring Central Tendency and Variability



Transformed Scores II: Standard Scores and the Normal Distribution



Sampling and Confidence Intervals



Relationship Tests and Hypothesis Testing: The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient



Interpreting Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficients



Two-Sample Difference Tests: The Independent-Samples t Test



Multiple-Sample Difference Tests I: One-Way Analysis of Variance



Multiple-Sample Difference Tests II: Factorial and Repeated-Measures Analysis of Variance



The Chi-Square Test for Contingency Tables



What Test When: Choosing the Appropriate Statistical Test


Appendices


Answers to Review Questions


Index