R&L Education / American Association of School Administrators (AASA)
Pages: 160
Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
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Susan Rovezzi Carroll is president of Words & Numbers Research, a Connecticut marketing research firm that she founded in 1984 and provides customized information upon which corporations, school systems, hospitals, and other institutions can base strategic decisions. David J. Carroll is vice president of Words & Numbers and provides expert help to school systems in program evaluation and strategic planning.
Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Introduction: Data Rich and Information Poor - The Transition
Chapter 3 1 The Value of Getting Intimate with Your Data
Chapter 4 2 Every Picture Tells a Story
Chapter 5 3 Don't Be Seduced by the Mean
Chapter 6 4 Telling the Whole Story: Variability
Chapter 7 5 Samples Save Time
Chapter 8 6 Statistical Significance: Much Ado About Nothing?
Chapter 9 7 Testing Your Hunch About Differences: T-Tests
Chapter 10 8 Testing Your Hunch About Differences: ANOVA
Chapter 11 9 Testing Your Hunch About Distributions: Chi Square Analyses
Chapter 12 10 Testing Your Hunch About Relationships: Correlation
Chapter 13 11 Telling Your Story: Reporting Results
Chapter 14 Index
Chapter 15 About the Authors