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Informationen zum Autor Neil J. Salkind received his PhD in human development from the University of Maryland, and after teaching for 35 years at the University of Kansas, he was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology and Research in Education, where he collaborated with colleagues and work with students. His early interests were in the area of children’s cognitive development, and after research in the areas of cognitive style and (what was then known as) hyperactivity, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina’s Bush Center for Child and Family Policy. His work then changed direction to focus on child and family policy, specifically the impact of alternative forms of public support on various child and family outcomes. He delivered more than 150 professional papers and presentations; written more than 100 trade and textbooks; and is the author of Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics (SAGE) , Theories of Human Development (SAGE), and Exploring Research (Prentice Hall). He has edited several encyclopedias, including the Encyclopedia of Human Development, the Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics, and the Encyclopedia of Research Design. He was editor of Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography for 13 years. He lived in Lawrence, Kansas, where he liked to read, swim with the River City Sharks, work as the proprietor and sole employee of big boy press, bake brownies (see www.statisticsforpeople.com for the recipe), and poke around old Volvos and old houses. Klappentext The bestseller continues to teach an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is informative, personable, and clear. Author Neil J. Salkind takes students through various statistical procedures, beginning with correlation and graphical representation of data and ending with inferential techniques and analysis of variance. In addition, the text covers SPSS, and includes reviews of more advanced techniques, such as reliability, validity, introductory non-parametric statistics, and more. Pedagogical features include sidebars offering additional technical information about the topics presented and points that reinforce major themes in the book. Zusammenfassung Continuing its hallmark use of humor! the Fifth Edition helps students develop an understanding of an often intimidating and difficult subject with an approach that is informative! personable! and clear Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I. YIPPEE! I'M IN STATISTICS 1. Statistics or Sadistics? It's Up to You PART II. SIGMA FREUD AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS 2. Means to an End: Computing and Understanding Averages 3. Vive la Difference: Understanding Variability 4. Measurement 5. Ice Cream and Crime: Correlation Coefficients 6. Just the Truth: An Introduction to Understanding Reliability and Validity PART III. TAKING CHANCES FOR FUN AND PROFIT 7. Hypotheticals and You: Testing Your Questions 8. Are Your Curves Normal? Probability and Why It Counts PART IV. SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENCE: USING INFERENTIAL STATISTICS 9. Significantly Significant: What It Means for You and Me 10. Only the Lonely: The One-Sample z Test 11. t(ea) for Two: Tests Between the Means of Different Groups 12. t(ea) for Two (Again): Tests Between the Means of Related Groups 13. Two Groups Too Many? Try Analysis of Variance 14. Two Too Many Factors: Factorial Analysis of Variance 15. Cousins or Just Good Friends? Testing Relationships Using the Correlation Coefficient 16. Predicting Who'll Win the Super Bowl: Using Linear Regression 17. What to Do When You're Not Normal: Chi-Square and Som...
