Interpreting basic statistics : a guide and workbook based on excerpts from journal articles / Zealure C. Holcomb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holcomb, Zealure C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Statistics--Problems, exercises, etc.

Statistics.

Sampling (Statistics).

Social sciences--Statistical methods--Problems, exercises, etc.

Social sciences.

Social sciences--Statistical methods.

Genre:

exercise books.

Problems and exercises.

Physical Description:

viii, 160 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Glendale, CA : Pyrczak Pub., ©2004.

Summary:

The 52 exercises in this book show students real examples of statistical reporting and ask questions requiring them to interpret the examples. New to this edition: Eleven new exercises interspersed throughout show students how to interpret a greater variety of statistical reporting.

Contents:

Exposure of youth to violence : percentage I

Food sources of homeless adults : percentage II

Estimating substance use : percentage and mean percentage

Opiate addicts seeking treatment : frequency distribution with percentages

Supermarket express lane violations : frequency distribution without percentages

Changes in the incidence of asthma : alternatives to percentages and proportions

Drug usage trends : time series line graph

Television viewing, books, and reading : histogram

Monthly suicide rates : line graph with rate per 100,000

Norms for a spelling test : cumulative percentage and percentile rank

Counseling duration : mean, median, mode, and cumulative percentage

Penalities for providing alcohol to minors : mean, median, and range

Injection drug users and HIV : median and interquartile range I

Adolescent physical abuse and suicide : median and interquartile range II

Nutrition of college students and nonstudents : mean and standard deviation

Self-reported height and weight : mean, standard deviation, and 68% rule

College students' procrastination : mean, standard deviation, and approximate 95% and 99.7% rules

Sense of humor and creativity : mean, standard deviation, and precise 95% and 99% rules

Problems of students absent from school : T score

Effects of exercise on mood : T score II

Cooperation and friendship : effect size

Measuring functional abilities of the elderly : scattergram

Child poverty and mortality : scattergram and regression line

Community violence and achievement : correlation coefficient I

Relationships among social variables : correlation coefficient II

Commitment and job performance : meta-analysis with correlation coefficients

Academic self-efficacy and social goals : correlation coefficient and coefficient of determination I

New parents project : correlation coefficient and coefficient of determination II

Predicting college GPA : multiple correlation

Dieting, age, and body fat : linear regression

Excerpts on sampling : bias in sampling

Treatment of depression and anxiety : standard error of the mean and 95% confidence interval

Sexual harassment in the Navy : t test for independent groups I

Gender differences in computing : t test for independent groups II

Empathy among undergraduates : t test for independent groups III

Therapy for users of illicit drugs : t test for dependent groups

Correlates of fathering behaviors : significance of a correlation coefficient I

Workaholism : significance of a correlation coefficient II

Mathematics anxiety rating scale : test-retest reliability and validity coefficients

A measure of prosocial tendencies : internal consistency and test-retest reliability

Extracurricular acitvities and dropping out : one-way ANOVA

Gender and age differences in fears : one-way ANOVA with confidence intervals

Effectiveness of assertiveness training : two-way ANOVA I

Aggression, gender, and ethnicity : two-way ANOVA II

Admitting to gun ownership : standard error of a percentage and 95% confidence interval

Cutting class and other behaviors : chi square I

Status of women inmates : chi square II

Self-employed Hispanic persons by gender : chi square III

Personality disorders and substance use : chi square and odds ratio

Depression and nonverbal cues : Mann-Whitney U test

Effectiveness of an AIDS prevention program : Wilcoxon matched-pairs test.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1884585515

9781884585517

OCLC:

56104726