Statistical Concepts - A Second Course - A Second Course

Zusatztext "Useful ... to psychologists beginning to find their feet in the world of research." - David J. Hand! Imperial College! UK! in the International Statistical Review"I have been using this text to teach statistics to beginning and intermediate-level graduate students in education for years and have been extremely impressed with?its readability and emphasis on conceptual understanding. I can't wait to introduce my students to statistics with this new edition! as it addresses key concepts while also providing real-life examples that will aid them in learning to reason with statistics." --H. Michael Crowson! The University of Oklahoma! USA"This is one of the most complete and lucid ? statistics textbooks available for education and the social sciences: it blends theory and pragmatics seamlessly. The integration of SPSS into the chapters is a welcome addition. Each chapter describes what to do! why to do it! and how to do it." - Betsy McCoach! University of Connecticut! USA"The unique blend of conceptual approaches to statistical learning! interpretative exercises! and APA styled write-ups sets this book apart from other texts. The broad coverage of statistical procedures! SPSS generation and interpretation! and emphasis on statistical assumptions will serve students and researchers." - C.Y. Joanne Peng! Indiana University! USA"Combining theory and mathematical accessibility with examples! SPSS applications! and APA style write-ups! this is a fascinating book for ? statistical courses in the social and behavioral sciences. It has a broad coverage of topics and should prove invaluable as a classroom text or as a reference for applied researchers. " - Feifei Ye! University of Pittsburgh! USA"The clear content! easy-to-follow software examples! and comprehensive coverage of topics will be extremely useful for researchers in the early stages of their statistical development." - Brian F. French! USA Washington State University"Writing statistical results in APA format is great for graduate students. ... The ? changes ... make the book a better teaching tool. ... The basic terms and concepts are defined and developed clearly! accurately! and in an interesting manner." - Robert P. Conti! Sr.! Mount Saint Mary College! USA Informationen zum Autor Richard G. Lomax is a Professor in the School of Educational Policy and Leadership at The Ohio State University. He received his Ph.D. in Educational Research Methodology from the University of Pittsburgh.? His research focuses on models of literacy acquisition! multivariate statistics! and assessment.? He has twice served as a Fulbright Scholar and is a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association.Debbie L. Hahs-Vaughn is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at the University of Central Florida. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Research from the University of Alabama. Her research focuses on methodological and substantive research using complex survey data! program evaluation! and practitioner use of research to inform their practice.? Dr. Hahs-Vaughn was the recipient of the 2007 College of Education Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award! 2009 College of Education Distinguished Researcher Award! 2009 Teaching Incentive Program Award! and 2009 Research Incentive Award. She is currently the Executive Editor of the Measurement! Statistics! and Research Design section of the Journal of Experimental Education. Klappentext Statistical Concepts consists of the last 9 chapters of An Introduction to Statistical Concepts! 3rd ed. Designed for the second course in statistics! it is one of the few texts that focuses just on intermediate statistics. The book highlights how statistics work and what they mean to better prepare students to analyze their own data and interpret SPSS and research results. As such it offers more coverage of non-parametric procedures used when standard assumptions are violated since th...

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• Authors: Debbie L. Hahs-Vaughn, Debbie L. (University of Central Flor Hahs-Vaughn, Richard G. Lomax, Richard G. (The Ohio State University Lomax, Richard G. Hahs-Vaughn Lomax, Richard G./ Hahs-vaughn Lomax
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.03.2012
• EAN: 9780415880077
• ISBN: 978-0-415-88007-7
• No. of pages: 532
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Basic principles; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Probability theory, stochastic theory, mathematical statistics