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About this product Product Information "Your book has changed my perception and attitude towards statistics. It is very well written, the language is completely user friendly and the progression of new concepts within each chapter is fantastic. Although my class is only on chapter 5 at this point, I have found my interest in the concepts and order in which you introduce them becoming greater. I thank you with very much appreciation as I was someone who dreaded taking statistics and thought I hated it!" - Jessica Maes, graduate student The Fourth Edition of Neil J. Salkinds bestselling text introduces students to the fundamentals of basic statistics in an informative, personable, and unintimidating way. The author expertly guides students through various statistical procedures, beginning with basic descriptive statistics and correlation and graphical representation of data and ending with inferential techniques including analysis of variance. Product Identifiers Publisher SAGE Publications, Incorporated ISBN-10 1412979595 ISBN-13 9781412979597 eBay Product ID (ePID) 92368797 Product Key Features Author Neil J. Salkind Publication Name Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics Format Trade Paperback Language English Publication Year 2010 Type Textbook Number of Pages 472 Pages Dimensions Item Length 10in. Item Height 1in. Item Width 7in. Item Weight 28 Oz Additional Product Features Lc Classification Number Ha29.S2365 2010 Edition Number 4 Reviews I am taking statistics at the graduate level for a Masters program, late in life I might add, and I hate statistics to the depth, breadth, and volume of all the oceans of all the earth combined. This text has helped me more than any other. Even more, I love brownies. And the recipe is fabulous. Thanks., eoeI am taking statistics at the graduate level for a Masters program, late in life I might add, and I hate statistics to the depth, breadth, and volume of all the oceans of all the earth combined. This text has helped me more than any other. Even more, I love brownies. And the recipe is fabulous. Thanks.e, 'eoeI am taking statistics at the graduate level for a Masters program, late in life I might add, and I hate statistics to the depth, breadth, and volume of all the oceans of all the earth combined. This text has helped me more than any other. Even more, I love brownies. And the recipe is fabulous. Thanks.'e� Table of Content Part I. Yippee! I'm in StatisticsChapter 1. Statistics or Sadistics? It's Up to YouPart II. Sigma Freud and Descriptive StatisticsChapter 2. Means to an End: Computing and Understanding AveragesChapter 3. Vive la Différence: Understanding VariabilityChapter 4. A Picture Really Is Worth a Thousand WordsChapter 5. Ice Cream and Crime: Computing Correlation CoefficientsChapter 6. Just the Truth: An Introduction to Understanding Reliability and ValidityPart III. Taking Chances for Fun and ProfitChapter 7. Hypotheticals and You: Testing Your QuestionsChapter 8. Are Your Curves Normal? Probability and Why It CountsPart IV. Significantly Different: Using Inferential StatisticsChapter 9. Significantly Significant: What It Means for You and MeChapter 10. Only The Lonely: The One Sample Z testChapter 11. t(ea) for Two: Tests Between the Means of Different GroupsChapter 12. t(ea) for Two (Again): Tests Between the Means of Related GroupsChapter 13. Two Groups Too Many? Try Analysis of VarianceChapter 14. Two Too Many Factors: Factorial Analysis of VarianceChapter 15. Cousins or Just Good Friends? Testing Relationships Using the Correlation CoefficientChapter 16. Predicting Who'll Win the Super Bowl: Using Linear RegressionChapter 17. What to Do When You're Not Normal: Chi-Square and Some Other Nonparametric TestsChapter 18. Some Other (Important) Statistical Procedures You Should Know AboutChapter 19. A Statistical Software SamplerPart V. Ten Things You'll Want to Know and RememberChapter 20. The Ten (or More) Best Internet Sites for Statistics StuffChapter 21. The Ten Commandments of Data CollectionAppendix A: SPSS in Less Than 30 MinutesAppendix B: TablesAppendix C: Data SetsAppendix D: Answers to Practice Questions Copyright Date 2011 Target Audience College Audience Topic Probability & Statistics / General, Research Lccn 2010-029241 Dewey Decimal 519.5 Dewey Edition 23 Illustrated Yes Genre Mathematics, Social Science