Table Of ContentPART I: YIPPEE! I'M IN STATISTICS!Chapter 1: Statistics or Sadistics? It's Up to YouChapter 2: Getting Started in ExcelPART II: SIGMA FREUD AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICSChapter 3: Computing and Understanding Averages: Means to an EndChapter 4: Understanding Variability: Vive la DifférenceChapter 5: Creating Graphs: A Picture Really Is Worth a Thousand WordsChapter 6: Computing Correlation Coefficients: Ice Cream and CrimeChapter 7: Understanding Reliability and Validity: Just the TruthPART III: TAKING CHANCES FOR FUN AND PROFITChapter 8: Hypotheticals and You: Testing Your QuestionsChapter 9: Probability and Why It Counts: Fun With a Bell-Shaped CurvePART IV: SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT: USING INFERENTIAL STATISTICSChapter 10: Significantly Significant: What It Means for You and MeChapter 11: The One-Sample Z-Test: Only the LonelyChapter 12: t(ea) for Two: Tests Between the Means of Different GroupsChapter 13: t(ea) for Two (Again): Tests Between the Means of Related GroupsChapter 14: Analysis of Variance: Two Groups Too Many?Chapter 15: Factorial Analysis of Variance: Two Too Many FactorsChapter 16: Testing Relationships Using the Correlation Coefficient: Cousins or Just Good Friends?Chapter 17: Using Linear Regression: Predicting the FuturePART V: MORE STATISTICS! MORE TOOLS! MORE FUN!Chapter 18: Chi-Square and Some Other Nonparametric Tests: What to Do When You're Not NormalChapter 19: Some Other (Important) Statistical Procedures You Should Know AboutChapter 20: Data Mining: A Introduction to Getting the Most Out of Your BIG Data
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisNow co-authored by experienced teacher and author Bruce Frey, thisFifth Edition of Neil J. Salkind's Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics: Using Microsoft Excel, presents an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is clear, informative, and personable., This Fifth Editionof Neil J. Salkind's Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics: Using Microsoft Excel, presents an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is clear, informative, and personable. Opening with an introduction to Excel, including coverage of how to use functions and formulas, this edition shows students how to install the Excel Data Analysis Tools option to access a host of useful analytical techniques. New to the Fifth Editionis new co-author Bruce Frey who has added a new feature on statisticians throughout history (with a focus on the contributions of women and people of color). He has updated the "Real-World Stats" feature, and added more on effect sizes, updated the discussions on hypotheses, measurement concepts like validity and reliability, and has more closely tied analytical choices to the level of measurement of variables., This Fifth Edition of Neil J. Salkind's Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics: Using Microsoft Excel, presents an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is clear, informative, and personable. Opening with an introduction to Excel, including coverage of how to use functions and formulas, this edition shows students how to install the Excel Data Analysis Tools option to access a host of useful analytical techniques. New to the Fifth Edition is new co-author Bruce Frey who has added a new feature on statisticians throughout history (with a focus on the contributions of women and people of color). He has updated the "Real-World Stats" feature, and added more on effect sizes, updated the discussions on hypotheses, measurement concepts like validity and reliability, and has more closely tied analytical choices to the level of measurement of variables.
LC Classification NumberHA29.S2365 2022