How to Analyze Data

ISBN-13: 9781137608468 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 160 str.

Catrin Radcliffe

Opis

This accessible guide is an ideal starter for students who are puzzled by statistics and quantitative data analysis. Its step-by-step approach helps students work out what is required of them and which form of analysis they need in order to complete their task.

Spis treści

Introduction PART 1: GETTING STARTED 1. What does your assignment ask you to do? 2. How will you do it? 3. Defining your research question 4. Tips for designing your questionnaire 5. How to enter your data into a spreadsheet PART 2: UNDERSTANDING AND DESCRIBING YOUR DATA 6. What type of data do you have? 7. Descriptive statistics 8. What plot should you use? PART 3: HOW DO STATISTICAL TESTS WORK? 9. What is a statistical hypothesis? 10. Using probability distributions in statistical tests 11. Statistics, "errors" and interpretation PART 4: WHAT STATISTICAL TEST DO YOU NEED? 12. The statistics signpost 13. Statistical flowcharts 14. Case studies PART 5: THE STATISTICAL PROCESS 15. You the researcher 16. You the interpreter Symbols explained Useful resources References Index.

O autorze

Catrin Radcliffe is a tutor of mathematics and statistics at Oxford Brookes University, UK.