Title:Statistics in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition By: Sarah Boslaugh Publisher:O'Reilly Media Formats:
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Print: November 2012 Ebook: November 2012 Pages: 594 Print ISBN:978-1-4493-1682-2 | ISBN 10:1-4493-1682-4Ebook ISBN:978-1-4493-1692-1 | ISBN 10:1-4493-1692-1

Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Measurement
Measurement
Levels of Measurement
True and Error Scores
Reliability and Validity
Measurement Bias
Exercises
Chapter 2 Probability
About Formulas
Basic Definitions
Defining Probability
Bayes’ Theorem
Enough Exposition, Let’s Do Some Statistics!
Exercises
Chapter 3 Inferential Statistics
Probability Distributions
Independent and Dependent Variables
Populations and Samples
The Central Limit Theorem
Hypothesis Testing
Confidence Intervals
p-values
The Z-Statistic
Data Transformations
Exercises
Chapter 4 Descriptive Statistics and Graphic Displays
Populations and Samples
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Dispersion
Outliers
Graphic Methods
Bar Charts
Bivariate Charts
Exercises
Chapter 5 Categorical Data
The R×C Table
The Chi-Square Distribution
The Chi-Square Test
Fisher’s Exact Test
McNemar’s Test for Matched Pairs
Proportions: The Large Sample Case
Correlation Statistics for Categorical Data
The Likert and Semantic Differential Scales
Exercises
Chapter 6 The t-Test
The t Distribution
The One-Sample t-Test
The Independent Samples t-Test
Repeated Measures t-Test
Unequal Variance t-Test
Exercises
Chapter 7 The Pearson Correlation Coefficient
Association
Scatterplots
The Pearson Correlation Coefficient
The Coefficient of Determination
Exercises
Chapter 8 Introduction to Regression and ANOVA
The General Linear Model
Linear Regression
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
Calculating Simple Regression by Hand
Exercises
Chapter 9 Factorial ANOVA and ANCOVA
Factorial ANOVA
ANCOVA
Exercises
Chapter 10 Multiple Linear Regression
Multiple Regression Models
Exercises
Chapter 11 Logistic, Multinomial, and Polynomial Regression
Logistic Regression
Multinomial Logistic Regression
Polynomial Regression
Overfitting
Exercises
Chapter 12 Factor Analysis, Cluster Analysis, and Discriminant Function Analysis
Factor Analysis
Cluster Analysis
Discriminant Function Analysis
Exercises
Chapter 13 Nonparametric Statistics
Between-Subjects Designs
Within-Subjects Designs
Exercises
Chapter 14 Business and Quality Improvement Statistics
Index Numbers
Time Series
Decision Analysis
Quality Improvement
Exercises
Chapter 15 Medical and Epidemiological Statistics
Measures of Disease Frequency
Ratio, Proportion, and Rate
Prevalence and Incidence
Crude, Category-Specific, and Standardized Rates
The Risk Ratio
The Odds Ratio
Confounding, Stratified Analysis, and the Mantel-Haenszel Common Odds Ratio
Power Analysis
Sample Size Calculations
Exercises
Chapter 16 Educational and Psychological Statistics
Percentiles
Standardized Scores
Test Construction
Classical Test Theory: The True Score Model
Reliability of a Composite Test
Measures of Internal Consistency
Item Analysis
Item Response Theory
Exercises
Chapter 17 Data Management
An Approach, Not a Set of Recipes
The Chain of Command
Codebooks
The Rectangular Data File
Spreadsheets and Relational Databases
Inspecting a New Data File
String and Numeric Data
Missing Data
Chapter 18 Research Design
Basic Vocabulary
Observational Studies
Quasi-Experimental Studies
Experimental Studies
Gathering Experimental Data
Example Experimental Design
Chapter 19 Communicating with Statistics
General Notes
Chapter 20 Critiquing Statistics Presented by Others
Evaluating the Whole Article
The Misuse of Statistics
Common Problems
Quick Checklist
Issues in Research Design
Descriptive Statistics
Inferential Statistics
Appendix Review of Basic Mathematics
Laws of Arithmetic
Properties of Real Numbers
Exponents and Roots
Solving Equations
Systems of Equations
Graphing Equations
Linear Inequalities
Fractions
Factorials, Permutations, and Combinations
Exercises
Answers
Appendix Introduction to Statistical Packages
Minitab
SPSS
SAS
R
Microsoft Excel
Appendix References
Preface and General Sources
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Appendix Probability Tables for Common Distributions
The Standard Normal Distribution
The t-Distribution
The Binomial Distribution
The Chi-Square Distribution
Appendix Online Resources
General Resources
Glossaries
Probability Tables
Online Calculators
Online Textbooks
Appendix Glossary of Statistical Terms
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