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You Can Be Informed By Statistics Or Fooled By Them, But You Can't Escape Them - Not In Today's Society. Here's Your Chance To Learn What They Mean. How To Think About Statistics Is A Common-sense Introduction To The Logic Behind Statistical Analysis And Problem Solving. Instead Of Focusing On Numerical Computations, It Emphasizes The Thinking Behind The Numbers And Shows You How Statistics Are Applied In Such Fields As Psychology, Education, Politics, Sociology, And Social Work. -- From Back Cover. 1. Introduction -- The Task -- The Basic Ideas -- Facing Mathphobia -- 2. Frequency Distributions -- Normal Distributions -- Skewed Distributions -- Other Configurations -- Summary -- 3. Measures Of Central Tendency -- The Mean (x̄) -- The Median (mdn) -- The Mode -- Summary -- Sample Applications -- 4. Measures Of Variability -- The Standard Deviations (s) -- The Semi-interquartile Range -- The Range -- Degrees Of Freedom -- Summary -- Sample Applications -- 5. Measures Of Relationship -- The Rank-difference Coefficient (p) -- The Product-moment Coefficient (r) -- Effect Of Restricted Variability -- Correlation And Causation -- Reliability And Validity -- Summary -- Sample Applications

Author

Phillips, John L., 1923-; Phillips, John L., 1923- Statistical thinking

Publisher

W. H. Freeman & Company

Published

1988

Language

EN

ISBN

9780716728221

Subjects

Mathematics, Social Science, Social_sciences