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Statistics in Kinesiology

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ISBN-10: 1450402542

ISBN-13: 9781450402545

Edition: 4th 2012

Authors: William J. Vincent, Joseph P. Weir

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List price: $139.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Publication date: 4/2/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 392
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English

Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Key Symbols
Measurement, Statistics, and Research
What Is Measurement?
Process of Measurement
Variables and Constants
Research Design and Statistical Analysis
Statistical Inference
Summary
Problems to Solve
Key Words
Organizing and Displaying Data
Organizing Data
Displaying Data
Summary
Problems to Solve
Key Words
Percentiles
Common Percentile Divisions
Calculations Using Percentiles
Summary
Problems to Solve
Key Words
Measures of Central Tendency
Mode
Median
Mean
Relationships Among the Mode, Median, and Mean
Summary
Problems to Solve
Keywords
Measures of Variability
Range
Interquartile Range
Variance
Standard Deviation
Definition Method of Hand Calculations
Calculating Standard Deviation for a Sample
Coefficient of Variation
Standard Deviation and Normal Distribution
Summary
Problems to Solve
Keywords
The Normal Curve
Z Scores
Standard Scores
Probability and Odds
Calculating Skewness and Kurtosis
Summary
Problems to Solve
Key Words
Fundamentals of Statistical Inference
Predicting Population Parameters Using Statistical Inference
Estimating Sampling Error
Levels of Confidence, Confidence Intervals, and Probability of Error
An Example Using Statistical Inference
Statistical Hypothesis Testing
Type I and Type II Error
Degrees of Freedom
Living With Uncertainty
Two- and One-Tailed Tests
Applying Confidence Intervals
Summary
Problems to Solve
Key Words
Correlation and Bivariate Regression
Correlation
Calculating the Correlation Coefficient
Bivariate Regression
Homoscedasticity
Summary
Problems to Solve
Key Words
Multiple Correlation and Multiple Regression
Multiple Correlation
Partial Correlation
Multiple Regression
Summary
Problems to Solve
Key Terms
The t Test: Comparing Means From Two Sets of Data
The t Tests
Types of t Tests
Magnitude of the Difference (Size of Effect)
Determining Power and Sample Size
The t Test for Proportions
Summary
Problems to Solve
Key Words
Simple Analysis of Variance: Comparing the Means Among Three or More Sets of Data
Assumptions in ANOVA
Sources of Variance
Calculating F: The Definition Method
Determining the Significance of F
Post Hoc Tests
Magnitude of the Treatment (Size of Effect)
Summary
Problems to Solve
Key Words
Analysis of Variance With Repeated Measures
Assumptions in Repeated Measures ANOVA
Calculating Repeated Measures ANOVA
Correcting for Violations of the Assumption of Sphericity
Post Hoc Tests
Interpreting the Results
An Example From Leisure Studies and Recreation
Summary
Problems to Solve
Key Words
Quantifying Reliability
Intraclass Correlation Coefficient
Standard Error of Measurement
Summary
Problems to Solve
Key Words
Factorial Analysis of Variance
A Between-Between Example
A Between-Within Example
A Within-Within Example
Summary
Key Words
Analysis of Covariance
Relationship Between ANOVA and Regression
ANCOVA and Statistical Power
Assumptions in ANCOVA
The Pretest-Posttest Control Group Design
Pairwise Comparisons
Summary
Problems to Solve
Key Words
Analysis of Nonparametric Data
Chi-Square (Single Classification)
Chi-Square (Two or More Classifications)
Rank Order Correlation
Mann-Whitney U Test
Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA for Ranked Data
Friedman's Two-Way ANOVA by Ranks
Summary
Problems to Solve
Key Words
Clinical Measures of Association
Relative Risk
Odds Ratio
Diagnostic Testing
Summary
Problems to Solve
Key Words
Advanced Statistical Procedures
Meta-Analysis
Multiple Analysis of Variance
Factor Analysis
Discriminant Analysis
Summary
Key Words
Statistical Tables
Raw Data
Answers to Problems
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author