How to think about statistics / John L. Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, John L., 1923-

Series:

Series of books in psychology

A series of books in psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Statistical methods.

Social sciences.

Statistics.

statistics.

Genre:

Statistics

Statistics.

Physical Description:

xiv, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

6th ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.H. Freeman and Co., 2000.

Summary:

"Everyday we are bombarded with statistics tailored to influence opinions, sell pain relievers, or win votes. John Phillips's How to Think about Statistics is the best guide available for you to make sense of the numbers encountered in the media, at work, or at school."

"Avoiding arcane mathematics and dull computation, Phillips explores the underlying logic of data analysis, explaining basic statistical concepts step by step to show how the numbers are gathered, organized, tested, interpreted - and in some cases, manipulated and misapplied. Concise, accessible, and engaging as always, the new edition has been thoroughly revised and now draws on a broader range of current examples from psychology, politics, business, education, medicine, advertising, sports, and other areas."--Jacket.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction

Ch. 2. Frequency Distributions

Ch. 3. Measures of Central Tendency

Ch. 4. Measures of Variability

Ch. 5. Interpreting Individual Measures

Ch. 6. Correlation

Ch. 7. Description to Inference: A Transition

Ch. 8. Precision of Inference

Ch. 9. Significance of a Difference between Two Means

Ch. 10. More on the Testing of Hypotheses

Ch. 11. Correlation, Causality, and Effect Size

Ch. 12. Summary.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0716736543

9780716736547

OCLC:

41482356

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