Basic Statistics
Published on 18. August 1999
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-673-98556-9 (ISBN)
Description
Written specifically for educators with a limited background in mathematics, Basic Statistics offers a nontechnical introduction to statistical concepts and techniques. The authors emphasize the practical application of statistics in educational research into a variety of settings including only those topics of specific relevance to teachers, administrators, and other educators.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 192 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
557 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-673-98556-9 (9780673985569)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
1. Introduction.
2. Variables, Measurement, and Symbolic.
3. Tabulating and Graphing Data.
4. Percentiles and Percentile Ranks.
5. Measures of Central Tendency.
6. Measures of Variability and Standard Scores.
7. The Normal Distribution.
8. Measures of Relationship.
9. Prediction and Simple Linear Regression.
10. Sampling and Estimation.
11. Testing Hypotheses.
12. The t-Distribution and t-Tests.
13. The Chi-Square Distribution and Chi-Square Tests.
14. Analysis of Variance.
Appendices:
Arithmetic and Basic Algebra Review.
Listing of Commonly Used Formulas.
Tables.
2. Variables, Measurement, and Symbolic.
3. Tabulating and Graphing Data.
4. Percentiles and Percentile Ranks.
5. Measures of Central Tendency.
6. Measures of Variability and Standard Scores.
7. The Normal Distribution.
8. Measures of Relationship.
9. Prediction and Simple Linear Regression.
10. Sampling and Estimation.
11. Testing Hypotheses.
12. The t-Distribution and t-Tests.
13. The Chi-Square Distribution and Chi-Square Tests.
14. Analysis of Variance.
Appendices:
Arithmetic and Basic Algebra Review.
Listing of Commonly Used Formulas.
Tables.