
By Chris Spatz
Basic Statistics Tales of Distributions, 10th edition. Learn statistical reasoning and problem solving from a best-selling author who uses a wealth of examples from the social and behavioral sciences,, education,, nursing/allied health, and business fields–as well as examples from everyday life-to help you learn and understand. Praised for his clear explanations, Spatz shows you how to start with a data set, identify the questions it poses, determine and carry out statistical procedures, and using plain English, tell the story the data reveal.
Table of Contents
Basic Statistics Tales of Distributions, 10th edition Contents:
- Preface
- Chapter 1 – Introduction
- Chapter 2 – Exploring Data: Frequency Distributions and Graphs
- Chapter 3 – Exploring Data: Central Tendency
- Chapter 4 – Exploring Data: Variability
- Chapter 5 – Other Descriptive Statistics
- Chapter 6 – Correlation and Regression
- Chapter 7 – Theoretical Distributions Including the Normal Distribution
- Chapter 8 – Samples, Sampling Distributions, and Confidence Intervals
- Chapter 9 – Hypothesis Testing and Effect Size: One-Sample Designs
- Chapter 10 – Hypothesis Testing, Effect Size, and Confidence Intervals: Two-Sample Designs
- Chapter 11 – Analysis of Variance: One-Way Classification
- Chapter 12 – Analysis of Variance: One-Factor Repeated Measures
- Chapter 13 – Analysis of Variance: Factorial Design
- Chapter 14 – Chi Square Tests
- Chapter 15 – More Nonparametric Tests
- Chapter 16 – Choosing Tests and Writing Interpretations
- Appendix A – Arithmetic and Algebra Review
- Appendix B – Grouped Frequency Distributions and Central Tendency
- Appendix C – Tables
- Appendix D – Glossary of Words
- Appendix E – Glossary of Symbols
- Appendix F – Glossary of Formulas
- Appendix G – Answers to Problems
- References
- Index