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Preface | |
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The What and Why of Statistics | |
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The Research Process Asking Research Questions | |
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The Role of Theory Formulating the Hypothesis Collecting Data Analyzing Data and Evaluating the Hypotheses Looking at Social Differences | |
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Organization of Information: Frequency Distributions | |
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Frequency Distributions Proportions and Percentages Percentage Distributions Comparisons | |
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Statistics in Practice: Labor Force Participation Among Latinos | |
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The Construction of Frequency Distributions Cumulative Distributions Rates Statistics in Practice | |
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Marriage and Divorce Rates Over Time Reading the Research Literature: Statistical Tables | |
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Conclusion | |
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Graphic Presentation | |
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The Pie Chart: Race and Ethnicity of the Elderly | |
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The Bar Graph: Living Arrangements and Labor Force Participation of the Elderly | |
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The Statistical Map: The Distribution of the Elderly | |
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The Histogram Statistics in Practice: The "Graying" of America | |
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The Frequency Polygon Time Series Charts Statistics in Practice: Diversity at a Glance | |
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Measures of Central Tendency | |
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The Mode The Median | |
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The Mean The Shape of the Distribution | |
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Television and Education Considerations for Choosing a Measure of Central Tendency | |
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Measures of Variability | |
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The Importance of Measuring Variability | |
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The Index of Qualitative Variation (IQV) | |
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A Brief Introduction | |
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The Range | |
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The Interquartile Range: Increases in Elderly Population | |
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The Box Plot | |
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The Variance and the Standard Deviation Considerations for Choosing a Measure of Variation Reading the Research Literature | |
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Differences in College Aspirations and Expectations Among Latino Adolescents | |
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The Normal Distribution | |
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Properties of the Normal Distribution Standard (Z) Scores | |
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The Standard Normal Distribution | |
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The Standard Normal Table A Final Note | |
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Sampling and Sampling Distribution | |
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Aims of Sampling Some Basic Principles of Probability Probability Sampling | |
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The Concept of Sampling Distributions | |
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The Sampling Distribution of the Mean | |
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The Central Limit Theorem | |
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Estimation | |
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Estimation Defined Procedures for Estimating | |
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Confidence Intervals for Means Statistics in Practice | |
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Hispanic Migration and Earnings Confidence Intervals for Proportions Statistics in Practice | |
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The Democratic Presidential Nomination | |
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Testing Hypotheses | |
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Assumptions of Statistical Hypothesis Testing Stating the Research and Null Hypotheses Determining What Is Sufficiently Improbable | |
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Probability Values and Alpha The Five Steps in Hypothesis Testing | |
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A Summary Errors in Hypothesis Testing Testing Hypotheses | |
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About Two Samples The Sampling Distribution of the Difference Between Means | |
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The Five Steps in Hypothesis Testing About Difference Between Means | |
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A Summary Testing the Significance of the Difference Between Two Sample Proportions | |
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Relationship Between two Variables: Cross-Tabulation | |
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Independent and Dependent Variables How to Construct a Bivariate Table | |
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Race and Home Ownership How to Compute Percentages in a Bivariate Table | |
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How to Deal With Ambiguous Relationships Between | |
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Two Variables Reading the Research Literature | |
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Place of Death in America | |
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The Properties of a Bivariate Relationship Elaboration Statistics in Practice | |
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Family Support fort he Transition From High School | |
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The Chi-Square Test | |
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The Concept of the Chi-Square as a Statistical Test | |
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The Concept of Statistical Independence | |
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The Structure of Hypothesis Testing With Chi-Square | |
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The Limitations of the Chi-Square Test | |
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Sample Size and Statistical Significance Statistics in Practice | |
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Education and Health Assement Reading the Research Literature | |
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Sibling Cooperation and Academic Achievement | |