First Steps in Statistics

Wright, Daniel B., London, Kamala

ISBN 10: 0761951636 / ISBN 13: 9780761951636

Edité par SAGE Publications, Limited, 2002

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Titre : First Steps in Statistics

Éditeur : SAGE Publications, Limited

Date d'édition : 2002

Reliure : Couverture souple

Etat : Good

Edition : 1st Edition.

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Synopsis :

First Steps in Statistics is an introduction to the most common statistics used and taught on first-year research methods courses and is designed to map onto a ten- or fifteen-week module. Coverage includes descriptive statistics, t-tests, ANOVAs, correlations, regressions, and the Chi-Squared test. Throughout the book the importance of graphing data is stressed. Carefully chosen examples are used to illustrate each test, and there is particular care in conveying conceptual aspects. There are also special chapters dedicated to the role of hypothesis testing, sampling, and making graphs. Each chapter includes several exercises, answers to which can be supplied free to adopters upon request to SAGE Publications. A list of further reading to guide the student comfortably though their first experience of doing basic statistics and playing with data is also provided. A gentle primer, and written with the author's typical friendly and humorous style, First Steps in Statistics will become an essential set textbook for students in psychology as well as other social and behavioural science disciplines.It is also likely to be useful for postgraduates who have had no previous statistics training.

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First (and Second) Steps in Statistics, Second Edition provides a clear and concise introduction to the main statistical procedures used in the psychological and social sciences. The rationale and procedure for analyzing data are presented through exciting examples, with an emphasis on understanding rather than computation. It is ideally suited for introductory courses in statistics. In addition to descriptive statistics, graphs, t tests, one way Anovas, Chi-square, and simple linear regression, this second edition includes factorial Anova and multiple regression. Emphasis is given to tests of median and other robust methods.