Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics

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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. STATISTICS FOR PEOPLE WHO (THINK THEY) HATE STATISTICS - FRONT COVER STATISTICS FOR PEOPLE WHO (THINK THEY) HATE STATISTICS COPYRIGHT BRIEF CONTENTS DETAILED CONTENTS A NOTE TO THE STUDENT ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND NOW, ABOUT THE SEVENTH EDITION . . . ABOUT THE AUTHORS PART I - YIPPEE! I’M IN STATISTICS! CHAPTER 1 - STATISTICS OR SADISTICS? IT’S UP TO YOU PART II - ΣIGMA FREUD AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS CHAPTER 2 - COMPUTING AND UNDERSTANDING AVERAGES: MEANS TO AN END CHAPTER 3 - UNDERSTANDING VARIABILITY: VIVE LA DIFFÉRENCE CHAPTER 4 - CREATING GRAPHS: A PICTURE REALLY IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS CHAPTER 5 - COMPUTING CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS: ICE CREAM AND CRIME CHAPTER 6 - AN INTRODUCTION TO UNDERSTANDING RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY: JUST THE TRUTH PART III - TAKING CHANCES FOR FUN AND PROFIT CHAPTER 7 - HYPOTHETICALS AND YOU: TESTING YOUR QUESTIONS CHAPTER 8 - PROBABILITY AND WHY IT COUNTS: FUN WITH A BELL-SHAPED CURVE PART IV - SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT: USING INFERENTIAL STATISTICS CHAPTER 9 - SIGNIFICANTLY SIGNIFICANT: WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU AND ME CHAPTER 10 - THE ONE-SAMPLE Z TEST: ONLY THE LONELY CHAPTER 11 - T(EA) FOR TWO: TESTS BETWEEN THE MEANS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS CHAPTER 12 - T(EA) FOR TWO (AGAIN): TESTS BETWEEN THE MEANS OF RELATED GROUPS CHAPTER 13 - TWO GROUPS TOO MANY? TRY ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE CHAPTER 14 - TWO TOO MANY FACTORS: FACTORIAL ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE—A BRIEF INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 15 - TESTING RELATIONSHIPS USING THE CORRELATION COEFFICIENT: COUSINS OR JUST GOOD FRIENDS? CHAPTER 16 - USING LINEAR REGRESSION: PREDICTING THE FUTURE PART V - MORE STATISTICS! MORE TOOLS! MORE FUN! CHAPTER 17 - CHI-SQUARE AND SOME OTHER NONPARAMETRIC TESTS: WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU’RE NOT NORMAL CHAPTER 18 - SOME OTHER (IMPORTANT) STATISTICAL PROCEDURES YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CHAPTER 19 - DATA MINING: AN INTRODUCTION TO GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR BIG DATA APPENDICES 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