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Title:
Numbers, hypotheses & conclusions : a course in statistics for the social sciences
Author:
Tredoux, Colin.
ISBN:
9781919713311
Publication Information:
Lansdowne, Cape Town : UCT Press, 2002.
Physical Description:
viii, 534 pages
Contents:
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 -- Mathematics and software support -- Basic work with numbers -- Equations, substitution and summation -- Reading and understanding graphs.
Abstract:
The CD-ROM contains Web-based material for extensive practice, as well as numerous examples, exercises, activities and tests.
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