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Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics
Using Microsoft Excel
Fifth Edition
- Neil J. Salkind
- Bruce B. Frey - University of Kansas, USA
April 2021 | 512 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This Fifth Edition of Neil J. Salkind’s Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics: Using Microsoft Excel, presents an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is clear, informative, and personable. Opening with an introduction to Excel, including coverage of how to use functions and formulas, this edition shows students how to install the Excel Data Analysis Tools option to access a host of useful analytical techniques. New to the Fifth Edition is new co-author Bruce Frey who has added a new feature on statisticians throughout history (with a focus on the contributions of women and people of color). He has updated the "Real-World Stats” feature, and added more on effect sizes, updated the discussions on hypotheses, measurement concepts like validity and reliability, and has more closely tied analytical choices to the level of measurement of variables.
A website to accompany the book with resources for instructors and students is available at:
A website to accompany the book with resources for instructors and students is available at:
http://edge.sagepub.com/salkindexcel5e
PART I: YIPPEE! I’M IN STATISTICS!
Chapter 1: Statistics or Sadistics? It’s Up to You
Chapter 2: Getting Started in Excel
PART II: SIGMA FREUD AND DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
Chapter 3: Computing and Understanding Averages: Means to an End
Chapter 4: Understanding Variability: Vive la Différence
Chapter 5: Creating Graphs: A Picture Really Is Worth a Thousand Words
Chapter 6: Computing Correlation Coefficients: Ice Cream and Crime
Chapter 7: Understanding Reliability and Validity: Just the Truth
PART III: TAKING CHANCES FOR FUN AND PROFIT
Chapter 8: Hypotheticals and You: Testing Your Questions
Chapter 9: Probability and Why It Counts: Fun With a Bell-Shaped Curve
PART IV: SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT: USING INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
Chapter 10: Significantly Significant: What It Means for You and Me
Chapter 11: The One-Sample Z-Test: Only the Lonely
Chapter 12: t(ea) for Two: Tests Between the Means of Different Groups
Chapter 13: t(ea) for Two (Again): Tests Between the Means of Related Groups
Chapter 14: Analysis of Variance: Two Groups Too Many?
Chapter 15: Factorial Analysis of Variance: Two Too Many Factors
Chapter 16: Testing Relationships Using the Correlation Coefficient: Cousins or Just Good Friends?
Chapter 17: Using Linear Regression: Predicting the Future
PART V: MORE STATISTICS! MORE TOOLS! MORE FUN!
Chapter 18: Chi-Square and Some Other Nonparametric Tests: What to Do When You’re Not Normal
Chapter 19: Some Other (Important) Statistical Procedures You Should Know About
Chapter 20: Data Mining: A Introduction to Getting the Most Out of Your BIG Data
Supplements
Student Study Site
SAGE edge for Students provides a personalized approach to help students accomplish their coursework goals in an easy-to-use learning environment.
- Mobile-friendly eFlashcards strengthen understanding of key terms and concepts
- Data files allow you to follow along with the exercises in the book
Instructor Teaching Site
SAGE edge for Instructors supports teaching by making it easy to integrate quality content and create a rich learning environment for students.
SAGE edge for Instructors supports teaching by making it easy to integrate quality content and create a rich learning environment for students.
- Test banks provide a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity to edit any question and/or insert personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding
- Editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides offer complete flexibility for creating a multimedia presentation for the course
- Data files allow students to follow along with the exercises in the book
This is much better for my students than the SPSS version that I already owned, so I appreciate the opportunity to review!
Criminal Justice, University Of Cincinnati
March 13, 2024
This is an updated version of the textbook we are currently using in the course.
School for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Arizona State Univ-downtown
September 20, 2021
Helped adults to understand the concepts without jargon
Dean Of Education, Jackson State University
July 27, 2021
