Step-by-Step Basic Statistics Using SAS: Student Guide - Softcover

Hatcher PhD, Larry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1590471482 ISBN 13: 9781590471487

Publisher: SAS Institute, 2003

Synopsis

Larry Hatcher's Step-by-Step Basic Statistics Using SAS: Student Guide first introduces you to SAS software, then leads you through a variety of elementary statistical analyses that are commonly used in the social and behavioral sciences. With SAS, you can focus more on conceptual issues in statistical analysis and less on the mechanics of performing mathematical operations by hand. Main topics include how to use the SAS windowing environment to write and submit SAS programs; how to create SAS data sets and modify the variables that they contain; basic descriptive statistics (measures of central tendency and variability, frequency tables, and graphs); correlation and regression; t tests (single-sample, independent and paired samples); analysis of variance (ANOVA), both one-way and factorial; and the chi-square test of independence. Even if you are new to statistics and computers, you soon will be recording research data, writing SAS programs, and interpreting the results. Reinforce what you've learned by completing the exercises in the companion text, Step-by-Step Basic Statistics Using SAS: Exercises.

This book is part of the SAS Press program.

About this title

About the Author

Larry Hatcher applies his broad classroom experience in these easy-to-understand Student Guide and Exercises books, which gently help students through an array of fundamental statistical analyses. Larry is an associate professor of psychology at Saginaw Valley State University and has used SAS software since 1980. A prolific author, his growing list of books includes Using the SAS Windowing Environment: A Quick Tutorial, A Step-by-Step Approach to Using the SAS System for Univariate and Multivariate Statistics (coauthored with Edward J. Stepanski), and A Step-by-Step Approach to Using the SAS System for Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling.

Review

I cannot praise this book highly enough. It is indispensable to the beginning student of statistics who will be using SAS. The writing is exceptionally clear and easy to follow, and precise definitions are provided to avoid confusion. Examples are used to illustrate each concept, and those examples are, like everything in this book, clear and logically presented. Sample SAS output is provided for every analysis, with each part labeled and thoroughly explained so the reader understands the results. --Sheri Bauman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson

[Larry Hatcher] once again manages to provide clear, concise, and detailed explanations of the SAS program and procedures, including appropriate examples and sample write ups. --Frank Pajares, Winship Distinguished Research Professor, Emory University

The Student Guide and the Exercises books are excellent choices for use in quantitative courses in psychology and education. --Bert W. Westbrook, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor, North Carolina State University

Edition details

• Publisher: SAS Institute
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1590471482
• ISBN 13: 9781590471487
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 710