Statistics II For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119827399 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 448 str.

Deborah J. Rumsey

Spis treści

Introduction 1Part 1: Tackling Data Analysis and Model-Building Basics 7Chapter 1: Beyond Number Crunching: The Art and Science of Data Analysis 9Chapter 2: Finding the Right Analysis for the Job 21Chapter 3: Having the Normal and Sampling Distributions in Your Back Pocket 37Chapter 4: Reviewing Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests 49Part 2: Using Different Types of Regression to Make Predictions 65Chapter 5: Getting in Line with Simple Linear Regression 67Chapter 6: Multiple Regression with Two X Variables 95Chapter 7: How Can I Miss You If You Won't Leave? Regression Model Selection 117Chapter 8: Getting Ahead of the Learning Curve with Nonlinear Regression 129Chapter 9: Yes, No, Maybe So: Making Predictions by Using Logistic Regression 153Part 3: Analyzing Variance with ANOVA 167Chapter 10: Testing Lots of Means? Come On Over to ANOVA! 169Chapter 11: Sorting Out the Means with Multiple Comparisons 189Chapter 12: Finding Your Way through Two-Way ANOVA 205Chapter 13: Regression and ANOVA: Surprise Relatives! 221Part 4: Building Strong Connections with Chi-Square Tests and Nonparametrics 233Chapter 14: Forming Associations with Two-Way Tables 235Chapter 15: Being Independent Enough for the Chi-Square Test 257Chapter 16: Using Chi-Square Tests for Goodness-of-Fit (Your Data, Not Your Jeans) 279Chapter 17: Rebels Without a Distribution -- Nonparametric Procedures 291Chapter 18: All Signs Point to the Sign Test 299Part 5: Putting it All Together: Multi-Stage Analysis of a Large Data Set 309Chapter 19: Conducting a Multi-Stage Analysis of a Large Data Set 311Chapter 20: A Statistician Watches the Movies 325Chapter 21: Looking Inside the Refrigerator 347Part 6: The Part of Tens 361Chapter 22: Ten Common Errors in Statistical Conclusions 363Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Get Ahead by Knowing Statistics 375Chapter 24: Ten Cool Jobs That Use Statistics 385Appendix A: Reference Tables 395Index 409

O autorze

Deborah J. Rumsey, PhD, is a Statistics Education Specialist and Associated Professor in the Department of Statistics at The Ohio State University. She is also a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and has received the Presidential Teaching Award from Kansas State University. Dr. Rumsey has published numerous papers and given many professional presentations on the subject of statistics education.