Simplifying Statistics for Graduate Students - Making the Use of Data Simple and User-Friendly

Simplifying Statistics for Grad Students contains information about measuring variables, descriptive statistics, graphing techniques, inferential statistics including t-tests, ANOVAs, correlations and regression procedures, and non-parametric statistics such as Chi-square analyses. It also describes hypothesis testing and sampling strategies.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1. Variables and How to Measure Them
Chapter 2. Intelligently Managing Your Data
Chapter 3. Graphing Techniques to Support Your Data
Chapter 4. Means, Medians, and Modes and When to Use Each
Chapter 5. Measuring Variability: An Important Role in Data
Chapter 6. Random Sampling and Other Useful Sampling Strategies
Chapter 7. Stating Hypotheses and Hypothesis Testing
Chapter 8. T-test Procedures
Chapter 9. ANOVA Procedures
Chapter 10. Chi-square Procedures
Chapter 11. Correlation Procedures
Chapter 12. Regression Procedures
Chapter 13. Practical Tips for Graduate Students
About the Authors

About the author

Susan Rovezzi Carroll, PhD has provided hundreds of graduate students with advice and support on research methods and statistical procedures. She is president of Words & Numbers Research, Inc. which she founded in 1984. David Carroll, MSW is vice president of Words & Numbers Research, Inc. He has several research publications and books to his credit and has expertise in demographic data analysis and the development of performance indicators for assessing outcomes.

Product details

• Authors: David J. Carroll, Susan Rovezzi Carroll, Susan Rovezzi Carroll Carroll, Carroll Susan Rovezzi
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9781475868388
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-6838-8
• No. of pages: 134
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Education, EDUCATION / Statistics, Social research & statistics, Teaching of a specific subject, Social research and statistics, Educational: Mathematics & numeracy, Educational: Mathematics and numeracy, Teaching of reading, writing and numeracy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Mathematics, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy