Basic Statistics: Tales of Distributions

This best-selling statistics book helps your students develop an intuitive understanding of statistical reasoning. Praised for his brevity and clarity of presentation, the author uses a down-to-earth writing style and helpful examples drawn from throughout the social and behavioral sciences, education, nursing/allied health, business, and everyday life. Spatz shows students how to select the proper statistical technique, explain why the technique is appropriate, calculate the statistics, and write an interpretation of the statistical results.

Chris Spatz earned a Ph.D. from Tulane University in experimental psychology. He subsequently held NSF and NIMH postdoctoral fellowships in animal behavior at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Berkeley. He is a professor of psychology at Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas. Spatz also held positions at The University of the South and the University of Arkansas at Monticello.