First Steps in Statistics
By: Wright, Dr Daniel B
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Contributor(s): London, Kamala.
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BookSeries: Publisher: UK : Sage Publications Ltd, 2002Edition: First Edition.Description: 148 p.ISBN: 0761951636 (paperback); 9780761951636 (paperback).Subject(s): StatisticsDDC classification: 519.5 Wright 18205 1st 2002 Statistics Summary: First Steps in Statistics is an introduction to the most common statistics used and taught on first-year research methods courses and is designed to map onto a ten- or fifteen-week module. Coverage includes: descriptive statistics t Tests ANOVAs correlations regressions Chi-Squared test graphing data Carefully chosen examples are used to illustrate each test, and there is particular care in conveying conceptual aspects. There are also special chapters dedicated to the role of hypothesis testing, sampling, and making graphs. Each chapter includes several exercises answers to which can be supplied free to adopters upon request. A list of further reading to guide the student comfortably through their first experience of doing basic statistics and playing with data is also provided.�
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First Steps in Statistics is an introduction to the most common statistics used and taught on first-year research methods courses and is designed to map onto a ten- or fifteen-week module. Coverage includes: descriptive statistics t Tests ANOVAs correlations regressions Chi-Squared test graphing data Carefully chosen examples are used to illustrate each test, and there is particular care in conveying conceptual aspects. There are also special chapters dedicated to the role of hypothesis testing, sampling, and making graphs. Each chapter includes several exercises answers to which can be supplied free to adopters upon request. A list of further reading to guide the student comfortably through their first experience of doing basic statistics and playing with data is also provided.�
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