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Informationen zum Autor Chieh-Chen Bowen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Cleveland State University. She received her Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and a doctoral minor in Statistics from Penn State. She teaches undergraduate and graduate level Statistics, Personnel Psychology, Job Analysis, and Performance Management. Her research interests are comparing cross-cultural management practices, investigating women’s issues in the workplace, and validating personality questionnaires for employee selection. When she is not teaching or doing research, she can be found providing expert witness consulting services to attorneys who are involved in employment discrimination cases. On her days off, she works on figuring out the probability of a black-and-white cat selectively shedding only white fur on navy blue carpet while shedding only black fur on white ceramic tiles. Klappentext Zusammenfassung Walking the reader through the material at a steady pace, this book provides 3 - 5 pop quizzes in every chapter so the reader can check their knowledge about what they have read. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Chapter 1: Introduction to Statistics What Is Statistics? Population Versus Sample Descriptive Statistics and Inferential Statistics Sampling a Population Random Sampling Methods Simple Random Sampling Systematic Sampling Stratified Sampling Cluster Sampling Scales of Measurement Nominal Scale Ordinal Scale Interval Scale Ratio Scale Variable Classifications Discrete Versus Continuous Variables Independent Variables Versus Dependent Variables Required Mathematical Skills for This Course Statistical Notation Exercise Problems Solutions With EXCEL Step-by-Step Instructions When Needed Chapter Resources What You Learned Key Words Learning Assessment Chapter 2: Summarizing and Organizing Data What You Know and What Is New Frequency Distribution Table Organizing and Summarizing Categorical Variables Organizing and Summarizing Numerical Variables Graphs Bar Graphs and Histograms Pie Charts Common Distribution Shapes Uniform Distribution Normal Distribution Skewed Distribution EXCEL Step-by-Step Instruction for Calculating ?X from Frequency Table and Constructing a Bar Graph Exercise Problems Solutions Chapter Resources What You Learned Key Words Learning Assessment Chapter 3: Descriptive Statistics What You Know and What Is New Measures of Central Tendency Mode Median Mean Measures of Variability Range Variance and Standard Deviation for a Population Variance and Standard Deviation for a Sample Boxplot: 5-Number Summary Exercise Problems Solutions With EXCEL Step-by-Step Instructions Chapter Resources What You Learned Key Words Learning Assessment Chapter 4: Standard Z Scores What You Know and What Is New Standard Z Scores Z Scores for a Population Z Scores for a Sample Empirical Rule for Variables With a Normal Distribution Exercise Problems Solutions Chapter Resources What You Learned Key Words Learning Assessment Chapter 5: Basic Principles of Probability What You Know and What Is New Basic Terms and Mathematical Operations in Probability Basic Terms in Probability Mathematical Operations for Probabilities Binomial Probability Distribution Practical Probability Application: Winning the Mega-Million Lottery The Dice Game Linkage Between Probability and Z Score in Normal Distribution Probabilities, Z Scores, and Raw Scores Exercise Problems Solutions Chapter Resources<...
