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John H. Kranzler is professor and director of the School Psychology Program at the University of Florida. His other works include Assessing Intelligence in Children and Adolescents: A Practical Guide.
Part I: Essentials for Statistics
1. Effective Strategies for Studying Statistics
2. Overcoming Math Anxiety
3. Basic Math Concepts
Part II: Describing Univariate Data
4. Frequency Distributions
5. Descriptive Statistics
6. The Normal Curve
7. Percentiles and Standard Scores
Part III: Correlation and Regression
8. Correlation Coefficients
9. Linear Regression
Part IV: Inferential Statistics
10. Introduction to Inferential Statistics
11. The t Test
12. Analysis of Variance
Part V: Additional Topics: Non-Parametric Statistics and Using Statistical Software Programs
13.Nonparametric Statistics: Chi-Square
14.How to Use SPSS
15. Postscript
Short, inexpensive, and easy to read.
— Christine Tartaro, Stockton University
Fun, simple, student-friendly.
— Edward D. Rossini, Roosevelt University
• Expanded coverage on non-parametric statistics that include 2-way chi-squared
• Added discussion to chapter 10 on effect size and power, emphasizing the issue of effect size versus statistical significance
• Added discussion to chapters 11 and 12 on effect size and confidence intervals when interpreting results of statistical tests
• Additional practice problems in chapters 11 and 12 relating to effect size and statistical significance