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Statistics Course Pack Set 1 Op: Statistics in Plain English, Third Edition
Author Information
Timothy C. Urdan
Product Details
Edition:
1
ISBN:
9780415872911
Publish Date:
2010-05-25
Publisher:
Routledge
Product Description
This inexpensive paperback provides a brief, simple overview of statistics to help readers gain a better understanding of how statistics work and how to interpret them correctly. Each chapter describes a different statistical technique, ranging from basic concepts like central tendency and describing distributions to more advanced concepts such as t tests, regression, repeated measures ANOVA, and factor analysis. Each chapter begins with a short description of the statistic and when it should be used. This is followed by a more in-depth explanation of how the statistic works. Finally, each chapter ends with an example of the statistic in use, and a sample of how the results of analyses using the statistic might be written up for publication. A glossary of statistical terms and symbols is also included. New features in the third edition include: anew chapter on Factor and Reliability Analysis especially helpful to those who do and/or read survey research, new "Writing it Up" sections demonstrate how to write about and interpret statistics seen in books and journals, awebsite at http://www.psypress.com/statistics-in-plain-english with PowerPoint presentations, interactive problems (including an overview of the problem's solution for Instructors) with anIBM SPSSdataset for practice, videos of the author demonstrating how to calculate and interpret most of the statistics in the book, links to useful websites, and an author blog, new section on understanding the distribution of data (ch. 1) to help readers understand how to use and interpret graphs, many more examples, tables, and charts to help students visualize key concepts. Statistics in Plain English,Third Edition is an ideal supplement for statistics, research methods, and/or for courses that use statistics taught at the undergraduate or graduate level, or as a reference tool for anyone interested in refreshing their memory about key statistical concepts. The research examples are from psychology, education, and other social and behavioral sciences.Written by authorities in Psychology & Counseling, Statistics Course Pack Set 1 Op: Statistics in Plain English, Third Edition by Timothy C. Urdan provides an excellent foundation for Psychology & Counseling studies. Timothy C. Urdan??™s style is excellently suited towards Psychology & Counseling studies, and will teach students the material clearly without overcomplicating the subject. What??™s more, the text is available in the Paperback format shown above (ISBN 9780415872911), as well as a number of other formats. As of May 2010, this revision raises the bar for Statistics Course Pack Set 1 Op: Statistics in Plain English, Third Edition??™s high standard of excellence, making sure that it stays one of the foremost Psychology & Counseling studies textbooks.
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