An Introduction to Statistical Concepts

Debbie L Hahs-Vaughn

ISBN 10: 1138650552 / ISBN 13: 9781138650558

Published by Taylor & Francis Feb 2020, 2020

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The new edition of An Introduction to Statistical Concepts is designed to help students really understand statistical concepts, the situations in which they can be used, and how to apply them to data. Hahs-Vaughn and Lomax discuss the most popular, along with many of the lesser-known, procedures and models, whilst also exploring nonparametric procedures used when standard assumptions are violated. They provide in-depth coverage of testing assumptions and highlight several online tools for computing statistics (e.g., effect sizes and their confidence intervals and power). This comprehensive, flexible, and accessible text includes a new chapter on mediation and moderation; expanded coverage of effect sizes; and discussions of sensitivity, specificity, false positive, and false negative, along with using the receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve. In addition to instructions and screen shots for using SPSS, new to this edition is annotated script for using R.This book, noted for its crystal-clear explanations, and its inclusion of only the most crucial equations, is an invaluable resource for students undertaking a course in statistics in any number of social science and behavioral disciplines-from education, business, communication, exercise science, psychology, sociology and more. 1186 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Introduction to Statistical Concepts
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Feb 2020
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138650552
• ISBN 13: 9781138650558
• Binding: Buch
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 257W x 178H x 66D millimeters 257 millimeters width by 178 millimeters height by 66 millimeters depth
• Weight: 2177 grams

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Synopsis

The new edition of An Introduction to Statistical Concepts is designed to help students really understand statistical concepts, the situations in which they can be used, and how to apply them to data.

Hahs-Vaughn and Lomax discuss the most popular, along with many of the lesser-known, procedures and models, whilst also exploring nonparametric procedures used when standard assumptions are violated. They provide in-depth coverage of testing assumptions and highlight several online tools for computing statistics (e.g., effect sizes and their confidence intervals and power). This comprehensive, flexible, and accessible text includes a new chapter on mediation and moderation; expanded coverage of effect sizes; and discussions of sensitivity, specificity, false positive, and false negative, along with using the receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve. In addition to instructions and screen shots for using SPSS, new to this edition is annotated script for using R.

This book, noted for its crystal-clear explanations, and its inclusion of only the most crucial equations, is an invaluable resource for students undertaking a course in statistics in any number of social science and behavioral disciplines―from education, business, communication, exercise science, psychology, sociology and more.

About the Author

Debbie L. Hahs-Vaughn is Professor of Methodology, Measurement, and Analysis at the University of Central Florida, US. Her primary research interest relates to methodological issues associated with applying quantitative statistical methods to survey data obtained under complex sampling designs and using complex survey data to answer substantive research questions.

Richard G. Lomax is Professor Emeritus of Educational and Human Ecology at the Ohio State University, US, and former Associate Dean for Research and Administration. His research primarily focuses on early literacy and statistics.