Statistics in plain English /

Urdan, Timothy C.,

Statistics in plain English / Timothy C. Urdan. - Fifth edition. - NY : Routledge, c2022. - pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction to Social Science Research Principles and Terminology, 2. Measures of Central Tendency, 3. Measures of Variability, 4. The Normal Distribution, 5. Standardization and z Scores, 6. Standard Errors, 7. Statistical Significance, Effect Size, and Confidence Intervals, 8. t Tests, 9. One-Way Analysis of Variance, 10. Factorial Analysis of Variance, 11. Repeated-Measures Analysis of Variance, 12. Correlation, 13. Regression, 14. Nonparametric Statistics, 15. Factor Analysis and Reliability Analysis: Data Reduction Techniques, 16. Person-Centered Analysis, Appendix A. Area Under the Normal Curve Beyond Z, Appendix B. Critical Values of the t Distributions, Appendix C. Critical Values of the F Distributions, Appendix D. Critical Values of the Studentized Range Statistic (for Tukey HSD Tests), Appendix E: Table of the Fischer’s Z Transformations for Correlation Coefficients, Appendix F. Critical Values of the Mann-Whitney U Statistic, Appendix G. Critical Values for Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test, Appendix H. Critical Values of the X2 Distributions

"Statistics in Plain English is a straightforward, conversational introduction to statistics that delivers exactly what its title promises. Each chapter begins with a brief overview of a statistic that describes what the statistic does and when to use it, followed by a detailed step-by-step explanation of how the statistic works and exactly what information it provides. Chapters also include an example of the statistic (or statistics) in use in real-world research, "Worked Examples," "Writing It Up" sections that demonstrate how to write about each statistic, "Wrapping Up and Looking Forward" sections, and practice work problems"--

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