2nd Edition

Statistical Methods An Introduction to Basic Statistical Concepts and Analysis

By Cheryl Ann Willard Copyright 2020
364 Pages 137 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

364 Pages 137 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

364 Pages 137 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Statistical Methods: An Introduction to Basic Statistical Concepts and Analysis , Second Edition is a textbook designed for students with no prior training in statistics. It provides a solid background of the core statistical concepts taught in most introductory statistics textbooks. Mathematical proofs are deemphasized in favor of careful explanations of statistical constructs. The text... Read more
 

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Introduction to Statistics

Chapter 2. Organizing Data Using Tables and Graphs

Chapter 3. Measures of Central Tendency

Chapter 4. Measures of Variability

Chapter 5. z-Scores and Other Standard Scores

Chapter 6. Probability and the Normal Distribution

Chapter 7. Sampling Distribution of Means

Chapter 8. Hypothesis Testing

Chapter 9. One-Sample t Test

Chapter 10. Two-Sample t Test: Independent Samples Design

Chapter 11. Two-Sample t Test: Related Samples Design

Chapter 12. Confidence Interval versus Point Estimation

Chapter 13. One-Way Analysis of Variance

Chapter 14. Factorial Analysis of Variance

Chapter 15. Correlation and Regression

Chapter 16. Chi-Square

Chapter 17. Nonparametric Statistics for Ordinal Data

Appendix A. Glossary of Statistical Terms

Appendix B. Glossary of Statistical Formulas

Appendix C. Answers to Odd Numbered End of Chapter Problems

Tables

Biography

Cheryl Ann Willard serves on the faculty of the Psychology Department at Lee College in the Houston, Texas area. She has been teaching courses in psychology and statistics for over 25 years and continues to take great joy in witnessing her students develop new skills and apply them in new and creative ways.