Fundamentals of Statistical Reasoning in Education
Published on 22. September 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-471-06972-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is a statistics book specifically geared towards the education community. This book gives educators the statistical knowledge and skills necessary in everyday classroom teaching, in running schools, and in professional development pursuits. It emphasizes conceptual development with an engaging style and clear exposition. This book features: an emphasis on statistics common to local and large scale assessment; a case study approach, which models the process of data analysis, conceptualizes the learning of challenging statistical concepts, and addresses high stakes testing; and, step by step calculations for worked problems.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
737 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-06972-0 (9780471069720)
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Content
* Introduction Part One: Descriptive Statistics * Frequency Distributions* Graphic Representation* Central Tendency* Variability* Normal Distribution and Standard Scores* Correlation* Regression and Prediction Part Two: Inferential Statistics * Probability and Probability Distributions* Sampling Distributions* Testing Statistical Hypotheses About m When s is Known: The One-Sample Z Test* Estimation* Testing Statistical Hypotheses About m When s is Not Known: The One-Sample t Test* Comparing the Means of Two Populations: Independent Samples* Comparing the Means of Dependent Samples* Comparing the Means of Three or More Independent Samples: One-Way Analysis of Variance* Inferences About Pearson Correlation Coefficient* Making Inferences From Frequency Data ReferencesAppendix A: Review of Basic Mathematics Appendix B: Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter Problems Appendix C: Statistical TablesIndex