Statistics in Plain English

• Main Author: Urdan, Timothy C. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Routledge 2017
• Edition: Fourth Edition
• Subjects: Statistics > Textbooks; Mathematical Statistics > Textbooks
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• Physical Description: xx, 265 pages illustrations 29 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references : (pages 245-246) and index
• ISBN: 9781138838338; 9781138838345; 9781315723112

This introductory textbook provides an inexpensive, brief overview of statistics to help readers gain a better understanding of how statistics work and how to interpret them correctly. Each chapter describes a different statistical technique, ranging from basic concepts like central tendency and describing distributions to more advanced concepts such as t tests, regression, repeated measures ANOVA, and factor analysis. Each chapter begins with a short description of the statistic and when it should be used. This is followed by a more in-depth explanation of how the statistic works. Finally, each chapter ends with an example of the statistic in use, and a sample of how the results of analyses using the statistic might be written up for publication. A glossary of statistical terms and symbols is also included. Using the author's own data and examples from published research and the popular media, the book is a straightforward and accessible guide to statistics.