Numbers, hypotheses & conclusions : a course in statistics for the social sciences
Title:
Numbers, hypotheses & conclusions : a course in statistics for the social sciences
Author:
Tredoux, Colin.
ISBN:
9781775820000
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
Lansdowne, Cape Town : UCT Press, 2013.
Physical Description:
viii, 534 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm + 1CD-ROM.
General Note:
The CD-ROM contains Web-based material for extensive practice, as well as numerous examples, exercises, activities and tests.
Contents:
Section 1. Statistics. Numbers, variables and measures ; Displaying data ; Central tendency ; Variability ; Probability and theoretical distributions ; The standard normal distribution ; The sampling distribution of the mean ; Hypothesis testing: the z-test ; T-tests ; Regression ; Correlation ; Measurements ; Statistical power ; The logic of analysis of variance ; One-way analysis of variance ; Factorial analysis of variance ; Repeated measures analysis of variance ; Multiple regression ; Chi-square test ; Distribution-free tests ; Meta analysis ; Statistical reasoning -- section 2. Mathematics and software support. Basic work with numbers ; Equations, substitution and summation ; Reading and understanding graphs -- Appendix 1: Statistical tables ; Appendix 2: Starting with SPSS.
Abstract:
"This revised edition provides an overview of entry- and intermediate-level statistics, and the accompanying material on the CD provides extensive practice. Both the text and the CD are structured to make learning self-directed , thus numerous worked examples, exercises, activities and tests are included."--Back cover.