num_pages: 408
description: Written for people who want to learn or brush-up on the basics of statistics but question their abilities, this book offers a step-by-step introduction to the topic. The book begins with an introduction to the language of statistics and then covers descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Throughout, the author offers - Difficulty Rating Index for each chapter′s material - Tips for doing and thinking about a statistical technique - Top tens for everything from the best ways to create a graph to the most effective techniques for data collection - Steps that break techniques down into a clear sequence of procedures - SPSS tips for executing each major statistical technique - Practice exercises at the end of each chapter, followed by worked out solutions. The book concludes with a statistical software sampler and a description of the best Internet sites for statistical information and data resources. Readers also have access to a website for downloading data that they can use to practice additional exercises from the book. Students and researchers will appreciate the book′s unhurried pace and thorough, friendly presentation.
language: English
title: Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics
titlecomplete: Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics
genres: Academic, Education, School, Grad School, Textbooks, Reference, Psychology, Nonfiction, Mathematics, Research
ratings_count: 675
publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc