Excel Statistics: A Quick Guide
Neil J. Salkindreceived his PhD from the University of Maryland in Human Development. After teaching for 35 years at the University of Kansas, he remains a professor emeritus in the department of psychology and research in education, where he continues to collaborate with colleagues and work with students. His early interests were in the area of children’s cognitive development, and after research in the areas of cognitive style and (what was then known as) hyperactivity, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina’s Bush Center for Child and Family Policy. His work then changed direction to focus on child and family policy, specifically the impact of alternative forms of public support on various child and family outcomes. He has delivered more than 150 professional papers and presentations, written more than 100 trade and textbooks, and is the author ofStatistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics(SAGE),Theories of Human Development(SAGE), andExploring Research(Prentice Hall). He has edited several encyclopedias, including theEncyclopedia of Human Development,the Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics, and the recently publishedEncyclopedia of Research Design. He was editor ofChild Development Abstracts and Bibliographyfor 13 years and lives in Lawrence, Kansas, where he likes to read, swim with the River City Sharks, letterpress print using 1820s technology, bake brownies (see the Excel version ofStatistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statisticsfor the recipe at http://www.statisticsforpeople.com), and poke around old Volvos and old houses.