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Author:   Ferris Ritchey
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Professional
Edition:   illustrated edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.134kg
ISBN:  

9780072371925

ISBN 10:   0072371927
Publication Date:   16 January 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Replaced By:   0073331600
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

1 - The Statistical Imagination 2 - Statistical Analysis: Error Management and Control 3 - Charts and Graphs: A Picture Says A Thousand Words 4 - Measuring Averages 5 - Measuring Dispersion or Spread in a Distribution of Scores 6 - Probability Theory and the Normal Probability Distribution 7 - Using Probability Theory to Produce Sampling Distributions 8 - Parameter Estimation Using Confidence Intervals 9 - Hypothesis Testing 10 - Single Sample Hypothesis Tests: Establishing the Representativeness of Samples 11 - Bivariate Relationships: T-Test for Comparing the Means of Two Groups 12 - Analysis of Variance: Differences Among Means of Three or More Groups 13 - Nominal Variables: The Chi-Square and Binomial Distributions 14 - Correlation and Regression Part 1: Concepts and Calculations 15 - Correlation and Regression Part 2: Hypothesis Testing and Aspects of a Relationship 16 - Rank Order Correlation Between Two Ordinal VariablesAppendices: Appendix A - Review of Basic Mathematical OperationsAppendix B - Statistical Probability TablesAppendix C - Answers to Selected Chapter Exercises

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Ferris J. Ritchey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He has been teaching undergraduate and graduate statistics courses for over 20 years. He has published in leading journals in the field including the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Medical Care, and the American Journal of Public Health, and has consulted and/or served on panels with the center for Disease Control, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the National Institutes of Mental Health. Professor Ritchey was the School of Social Sciences recipient of the 1995 Presidents Award for Excellence in Teaching at University of Alabama.

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