
Practical Statistics for Educators
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The focus of the book is on essential concepts in educational statistics, understanding when to use various statistical tests, and how to interpret results. This book introduces educational students and practitioners to the use of statistics in education and basic concepts in statistics are explained in clear language. All of the examples used to explain the use of statistics in educational research are taken from the field of education and serve to illustrate the various concepts, terms, statistical tests, and data interpretations that are discussed in the book. Formulas and equations are used sparingly and readers are not required to do any computations. The book also includes a discussion of testing, test score interpretation, reliability, and validity. A chapter on survey design and analysis provide the book readers with examples which demonstrate how the different statistical tests introduced in the book can be used to analyzed survey data.
Chapter previews are provided, as well as succinct end-of-chapter summaries. The book's glossary of main terms and concepts helps readers navigate the book and easily find useful information. Review exercises are included at the end of the book to allow readers to practice and apply their newly-acquired knowledge and skills.
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Preface
PART I. Introduction
Chapter 1: An Overview of Educational Research
Chapter 2: Basic Concepts in Statistics
PART II. Describing Distributions
Chapter 3: Organizing and Graphing Data
Chapter 4: Measures of Central Tendency
Chapter 5: Measures of Variability
Chapter 6: The Normal Curve and Standard Scores
PART III. Measuring Relationships
Chapter 7: Correlation
Chapter 8: Prediction and Regression
PART IV. COMPARING GROUP MEANS
Chapter 9: t Test
Chapter 10: Analysis of Variance
PART V: CHI SQUARE TEST
Chapter 11: Chi Square Test
PART VI. STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES, RELIABILITY, AND VALIDITY
Chapter 12: Interpreting Standardized Test Scores
Chapter 13: Reliability
Chapter 14: Validity
PART VII. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
Chapter 15: Choosing the Right Statistical Test
Chapter 16: Using Statistical Tests to Analyze Survey Data
Appendix-Study Guide
Glossary
Index
About the Author
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