Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics

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"This book is fantastic and accessible to students. Datasets on the website are extremely helpful."  
―Lauren Miizock, Emmanuel College"Salkind′s book has been (still is) an extraordinary part of the process of Statistical learning in my courses since 2004."
―Jose R. Rivera, International American University of Puerto Rico

"Another great teaching tool from an author who understands how to teach statistics."
―Dr. Neil Penny, Alvernia University

"This the best statistics book that I have used in teaching and taking stastics courses. It is well organized and offers complete, thorough, yet simple explanations."
―Patricia Ging, Tennessee Wesleyan College

The bestselling Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics is now in its Third Edition! This text teaches an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is informative, personable, and clear. Author Neil J. Salkind takes students through various statistical procedures, beginning with correlation and graphical representation of data and ending with inferential techniques and analysis of variance. In addition, the text covers SPSS, and includes reviews of more advanced techniques, such as reliability, validity, introductory non-parametric statistics, and more. Pedagogical features include sidebars offering additional technical information about the topics presented and points that reinforce major themes in the book. This new edition also includes more examples than ever before, an expanded set of exercises at the end of each chapter, and a more comprehensive glossary.

Key Features of the Third Edition

• Gives updated examples from a variety of disciplines, and more of them than ever before
• Contains more Time to Practice exercises, with answers in the back of the book
• Presents additional coverage of general research methods basics
• Includes expanded coverage of power

An Instructor′s Resource CD (ISBN: 978-1-4129-5152-4) is available to qualified adopters of the text. It includes:

• A downloadable (PDF) pamphlet on How to Teach Statistics
• Sample syllabi
• Extensive lecture outlines (PowerPoint)
• Art from the book for use as overheads
• An additional set of practice problems (with answers)
• Answers to questions about the SAGE Journal articles that appear on the Companion Web Site
• Data sets in SPSS and Excel
• A test bank placed into Diploma 6.3 (Brownstone)

To request the IRCD for this book please contact Customer Care at 1.800.818.7243 or by emailing info@sagepub.com with course name and enrollment and your university mailing address to expedite the process.

The companion Web site located at www.sagepub.com/salkindstudy offers:

• Practice quizzes
• Flashcards
• Access to SAGE Journal articles related to each chapter (whenever possible)
• An in-depth review of SPSS
• Data sets in SPSS and Excel
• A list of useful Web links
• A link to Neil′s blog statforpeople.blogspot.com

In addition, for only $25 extra on top of the price of the textbook, students can purchase the text as a bundle that includes a copy of SPSS Student Version 15 (ISBN: 978-1-4129-5151-7)!  

Neil J. Salkind received his PhD in human development from the University of Maryland, and after teaching for 35 years at the University of Kansas, he was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology and Research in Education, where he collaborated with colleagues and work with students. His early interests were in the area of children’s cognitive development, and after research in the areas of cognitive style and (what was then known as) hyperactivity, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina’s Bush Center for Child and Family Policy. His work then changed direction to focus on child and family policy, specifically the impact of alternative forms of public support on various child and family outcomes. He delivered more than 150 professional papers and presentations; written more than 100 trade and textbooks; and is the author of Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics (SAGE), Theories of Human Development (SAGE), and Exploring Research (Prentice Hall). He has edited several encyclopedias, including the Encyclopedia of Human Development, the Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics, and the Encyclopedia of Research Design. He was editor of Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography for 13 years. He lived in Lawrence, Kansas, where he liked to read, swim with the River City Sharks, work as the proprietor and sole employee of big boy press, bake brownies (see www.statisticsforpeople.com for the recipe), and poke around old Volvos and old houses.