EXPRESS STATISTICS "Hassle Free" ® For Public Administrators, Educators, Students, and Research Practitioners

Lewis Liddell

• Publisher: Creative Software Systems
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN: 9781087864341
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Statistics for Business & Economics

Looking for a research idea for your thesis or dissertation, look no further. This book contains scores of research examples that can be developed into a comprehensive research study, including survey instrument construction, sampling techniques, and many other research tools.

The goal of EXPRESS STATISTICS, using a quantitative approach, is to assist public administrators, educators, students, and research practitioners in finding solutions to everyday real-world problems; and without being burdened with complicated formulas, calculations, and other mundane activities associated with conducting research.  Notwithstanding the hassle-free presentation, the book and software include all of the pertinent statistical concepts from basic rudimentary statistics to multivariate analysis. 

            The discussions include the assumptions of the targeted statistics, coupled with a well-developed research issue.  The presentations also include an explanation of the problem, hypotheses or questions, statistics to use, and a write-up of the findings.  The approach is not so much concerned with how to compute statistics, but with the underlining assumptions and purpose of a particular statistic. Statistical applications are tools.  The key is to know when and how to use a specific tool.  Moreover, in this approach, a statistic is not regarded as an end in itself, but as a means to an end.

            The companion software is easy to use, self-prompting, interactive, and menu-driven, with clear and straightforward explanations.  The learning curve is less than an hour.  The tables, charts, and graphical depictions are complete, including all of the necessary statistical information needed for dissemination.  Also, for immediate use and portability, the tables, charts, and graphics can be saved, available for retrieval directly into theses, dissertations, research projects, and other documents.

 

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Software/System Overview
• Software Warranty
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Data Entry
• Chapter 3. Common Sense vs. the Scientific Approach
• Chapter 4. Data Types
• Chapter 5. Independent and Dependent Variables
• Chapter 6. Measures of Central Tendency
• Chapter 7. Measures of Variability
• Chapter 8. The Normal Distribution
• Chapter 9. Probability
• Chapter 10. Random Sampling
• Chapter 11. types of statistics
• Chapter 12. Types of Statistical Tests
• Chapter 13. Hypotheses Testing
• Chapter 14. Basic Descriptive Statistics
• Chapter 15. Correlation and Association Statistics
• Chapter 16. The t-Tests
• Chapter 17. Wilcoxon Test and The Mann-Whitney U
• Chapter 18. Chi-square Analysis, Kolmogorov-Smirnov Statistic, Phi (φ) Coefficient, Cramer’s V, Coefficient of Contingency C, Fisher’s Exact Probability, McNemar’s Test of Two Paired Proportions, Gamma, Somers’ d, and Lambda Coefficients
• Chapter 19. Analysis of Variance Statistics
• Chapter 20. Regression Statistics
• Chapter 21. Multivariate Analysis
• Chapter 22. Trends, Times Series, and Forecasting
• Chapter 23. Test Validity and Reliability
• Appendix A. Validation of Data Gathering Instrument
• Appendix B. Student Teaching Problematic Scale
• Appendix C. An Affirmative Action Opinionnaire
• Appendix D. Student Advisement Questionnaire
• Appendix E. The Major Political Parties, Republican Party and the Democratic Party and Hot Button Issues: A Semantic Differential Scale
• Appendix F. Research Design, Extraneous Variances and Invalidity
• Appendix G. Setting Up a Contingency Table
• Appendix H. Factorial Designs
• Appendix I. Quick Statistics Finder
• Appendix J. Research Examples and Hypotheses/Questions
• Appendix K. Charts
• Appendix L. Figures and Data Files
• Appendix M. Menus
• Appendix N. List of Tables
• Appendix O. The Computer Software
• Appendix P. Trademarks
• Appendix Q. Summary of Statistical Applications and Data Files
• Appendix R. Graphical Examples
• Appendix S. Data Tally Routine
• Appendix T. Homogeneity Tests
• Appendix U. Sample and File Management Routine
• Appendix V. Selected Statistical Formulas
• Appendix W. More on Lambda and Proportional Reduction of Error Statistics
• Appendix X. Console Display Screen Fix for Windows 10
• Appendix Y. Database Navigation Tools
• Selected References
• Index
• How To Obtain Your Copy of the Software?