
Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics
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Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics
About this book
Now in its Seventh Edition, Neil J. Salkind's bestselling Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics with new co-author Bruce B. Frey teaches an often intimidating subject with a humorous, personable, and informative approach that reduces statistics anxiety. With instruction in SPSS®, the authors guide students through basic and advanced statistical procedures, from correlation and graph creation to analysis of variance, regression, non-parametric tests, and more. The Seventh Edition includes new real-world examples, additional coverage on multiple regression and power and effect size, and a robust interactive eBook with video tutorials and animations of key concepts. In the end, students who (think they) hate statistics will understand how to explain the results of many statistical analyses and won't be intimidated by basic statistical tasks. A Complete Teaching & Learning Package accompanies the Seventh Edition! Interactive eBook: Savewhen bundled with the Seventh Edition.Includes access to SAGE Premium Video, multimedia tools, and much moreUse bundle ISBN: 978-1-5443-9339-1. SAGE Premium Video includesanimated Core Concepts in Stats Videos, Lightboard Lecture Videos from Bruce B. Frey, and tutorial videos for end-of-chapter of SPSS problems. Only available in the Interactive eBook. SAGE edge: FREE online resources for students that make learning easier. SAGE coursepacks: FREE! Easily import our quality instructor and student resource content into your school's learning management system (LMS) and save time. Study Guides: only $5 when bundled with Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics, 7e. To order:
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Acknowledgements
- Half Title
- Publisher Note
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Brief Contents
- Detailed Contents
- A Note to the Student Why We Wrote This Book
- Acknowledgments
- And Now, About the Seventh Edition …
- About the Authors
- Part I Yippee! I’m in Statistics
- 1 Statistics or Sadistics? It’s Up to You
- Part II Σigma Freud and Descriptive Statistics
- 2 Computing and Understanding Averages Means to an End
- 3 Understanding Variability Vive la Différence
- 4 Creating Graphs A Picture Really Is Worth a Thousand Words
- 5 Computing Correlation Coefficients Ice Cream and Crime
- 6 An Introduction to Understanding Reliability and Validity Just the Truth
- Part III Taking Chances for Fun and Profit
- 7 Hypotheticals and You Testing Your Questions
- 8 Probability and Why It Counts Fun With a Bell-Shaped Curve
- Part IV Significantly Different Using Inferential Statistics
- 9 Significantly Significant What It Means for You and Me
- 10 The One-Sample z Test Only the Lonely
- 11 t(ea) for Two Tests Between the Means of Different Groups
- 12 t(ea) for Two (Again) Tests Between the Means of Related Groups
- 13 Two Groups Too Many? Try Analysis of Variance
- 14 Two Too Many Factors Factorial Analysis of Variance—A Brief Introduction
- 15 Testing Relationships Using the Correlation Coefficient Cousins or Just Good Friends?
- 16 Using Linear Regression Predicting the Future
- Part V More Statistics! More Tools! More Fun!
- 17 Chi-Square and Some Other Nonparametric Tests What to Do When You’re Not Normal
- 18 Some Other (Important) Statistical Procedures You Should Know About
- 19 Data Mining An Introduction to Getting the Most Out of Your BIG Data
- Appendices Information Never Ends!
- Appendix A SPSS Statistics in Less Than 30 Minutes
- Appendix B Tables
- Appendix C Data Sets
- Appendix D Answers to Practice Questions
- Appendix E Math: Just the Basics
- Appendix F A Statistical Software Sampler
- Appendix G The 10 (or More) Best (and Most Fun) Internet Sites for Statistics Stuff
- Appendix H The 10 Commandments of Data Collection
- Appendix I The Reward The Brownie Recipe
- Glossary
- Index