Statistics Unplugged - Softcover

Caldwell, Sally

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0495090778 ISBN 13: 9780495090779

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

Learn statistics the easy way with STATISTICS UNPLUGGED! Easy-to-understand and student-friendly, this practical text takes the intimidation out of statistics and helps you understand the relevance of statistics to your own life. Learning checks found throughout each chapter ensure that you understand the material and end of chapter features such as chapter problems give you the opportunity to review what you have learned. Reader-friendly examples are found throughout so that you can focus on what is really going on with the numbers instead of being overwhelmed by the numbers themselves.

About this title

About the Author

Sally Caldwell received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of North Texas. Her teaching areas include statistics, research methods, and urban sociology. Her research interest is deception in social relationships. She is also the author of ROMANTIC DECEPTION (Adams Media, 2000).

Review

"The writing is very clear and straightforward, and I appreciate the very casual, conversational tone that the author uses throughout the five chapters (reviewed). I think students are likely to appreciate this, as well, given the fact that this is a topic that the majority of students are intimidated by a the outset."

"This kind of writing is likely to encourage students to keep up with their reading not only because it is personable, but also because the author provides simple, logical descriptions and illustrations of concepts that are easy for the reader to follow. "I appreciate this text's degree of simplicity, straightforwardness and repetition."

"STATISTICS UNPLUGGED is a pleasure to read! It fits beautifully into the teaching method that I use. In a pleasing and conversational tone, the author engages the student to join him on a rewarding journey into the often-feared territory of statistics."

"The author sufficiently covers key concepts without burdening the student with unnecessary statistical jargon."

"The chapters are well organized, easy to read and understand. It gives a good grasp of concepts in a very simplified manner to a beginner in statistics. Students usually memorize these concepts without understanding the real meaning and application of them. This book does a good job in explaining them thoroughly. For example, I like the way the differences between standard deviation and standard error are covered."

Edition details

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0495090778
• ISBN 13: 9780495090779
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 340