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Third edition of a standard textbook. Provides a basic overview of descriptive and inferential statistics for mathematically unsophisticated students in the behavioral, social, and health sciences. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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This Seventh Edition explains in plain English the basic concepts and procedures of statistical analysis and makes a special effort to clarify such topics as the standard deviation, variance interpretation of the correlation coefficient, hypothesis tests, degrees of freedom, p-values, and estimates of effect size.

SYNOPSIS

New edition of a text in which Robert S. Witte (San Jose U.) and John S. Witte (Case Western Reserve U.) present a simple overview of descriptive and inferential statistics. Written with the intent to help students gain the confidence needed to use statistics in their everyday lives, the 26 chapters cover introductory material (definition of statistics, and two types of data and variables), organizing and summarizing data, and generalizing beyond data. Each chapter contains outlines, summaries, key terms, marginal definitions, and real-life exercises.

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