OK, I've signed up for statistics. Now What? A Student's Guide to Navigation and Success in Statistics is the book your students have been searching for. Courses in statistics are often approached with emotions ranging from mild anxiety to outright fear. The book is designed to be a valuable, easy to read supplement, interspersed with humor and examples. Using a question and answer format, students are guided through the primary aspects of common statistics, with emphasis on concepts, writing, and presentation. Instructors will find this an invaluable supplement!
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Barry Trunk received his Doctorate in Developmental Psychology and Statistics from The Ohio State University, and has taught statistics at the undergraduate, Master's and Doctoral levels for the past 30 years. In addition to this book on statistics, he is the co-author of two other books published by the University Press of America, and travels extensively for Capella University, assisting doctoral candidates with their research methodology and statistical analyses.
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CHAPTER 1-OK . . . LET'S GET STARTED
CHAPTER 2-QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: BEFORE THE CLASS STARTS
CHAPTER 3-SOME THINGS YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT STATISTICS!
CHAPTER 4-IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU SAY, IT'S HOW YOU SAY IT
CHAPTER 5-SOME COMMON ISSUES WITHIN THE FIELD OF STATISTICS
CHAPTER 6-THE CHAPTER OF ANNOUNCEMENTS
CHAPTER 7-ODDS AND ENDS
CHAPTER 8-WRAPPING IT ALL UP
APPENDIX A-A COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF THE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
APPENDIX B-MULTIPLE REGRESSION FOR YOU AND ME
APPENDIX C-HEY! LET'S LOOK AT MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS