Interpreting Basic Statistics: A Guide and Workbook Based on Excerpts from Journal Articles

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Pub. Date: 1998-03-01
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Table of Contents

Introduction to the Third Editionp. vii
Exposure of Youth to Violence: Percentage: Ip. 1
Food Sources of Homeless Adults: Percentage: IIp. 4
Opiate Addicts Seeking Treatment: Frequency Distribution with Percentagesp. 7
Changes in the Incidence of Asthma: Alternatives to Percentages and Proportionsp. 10
Drug Usage Trends: Time Series Line Graphp. 14
Television Viewing, Books, and Reading: Histogramp. 17
Monthly Suicide Rates Line Graph with Rate per 100,000p. 20
Norms for a Spelling Test Cumulative Percentage and Percentile Rankp. 23
Penalties for Providing Alcohol to Minors Mean, Median, and Rangep. 26
Injection Drug Users and HIV Median and Interquartile Range: Ip. 29
Adolescent Physical Abuse and Suicide Median and Interquartile Range: IIp. 32
Nutrition of College Students and Nonstudents Mean and Standard Deviationp. 35
Self-Reported Height and Weight Mean, Standard Deviation, and 68% Rulep. 38
College Students' Procrastination Mean, Standard Deviation, and Approximate 95% and 99.7% Rulesp. 41
Sense of Humor and Creativity Mean, Standard Deviation, and Precise 95% and 99% Rulesp. 44
Problems of Students Absent from School T Scorep. 47
Cooperation and Friendship: Effect Sizep. 50
Measuring Functional Abilities of the Elderly: Scattergramp. 53
Relationships Among Social Variables: Correlation Coefficientp. 57
Academic Self-Efficacy and Social Goals: Correlation Coefficient and Coefficient of Determination: Ip. 60
New Parents Project: Correlation Coefficient and Coefficient of Determination: IIp. 63
Predicting College GPA: Multiple Correlationp. 66
Dieting, Age, and Body Fat: Linear Regressionp. 69
Excerpts on Sampling: Bias in Samplingp. 72
Treatment of Depression and Anxiety: Standard Error of the Mean and 95% Confidence Intervalp. 75
Social Traits of Hearing-Impaired Students: Standard Error of the Mean and 68%, 95%, and 99% Confidence Intervalsp. 78
Sexual Harassment in the Navy: t Test for Independent Groups: Ip. 81
Gender Differences in Computing: t Test for Independent Groups: IIp. 84
Empathy Among Undergraduates: t Test for Independent Groups: IIIp. 87
Therapy for Users of Illicit Drugs: t Test for Dependent Groupsp. 90
Correlates of Fathering Behaviors: Significance of a Correlation Coefficient: Ip. 93
Workaholism: Significance of a Correlation Coefficient: IIp. 96
Extracurricular Activities and Dropping Out: One-Way ANOVAp. 99
Gender and Age Differences in Fears: One-Way ANOVA with Confidence Intervalsp. 102
Effectiveness of Assertiveness Training: Two-Way ANOVA: Ip. 105
Aggression, Gender, and Ethnicity: Two-Way ANOVA: IIp. 108
Admitting to Gun Ownership: Standard Error of a Percentage and 95% Confidence Intervalp. 111
Cutting Class and Other Behaviors: Chi Square: Ip. 114
Status of Women Inmates: Chi Square: IIp. 117
Barriers to Birth Control Use: Chi Square: IIIp. 120
Depression and Nonverbal Cues: Mann-Whitney U Testp. 123
Effectiveness of an AIDS Prevention Program: Wilcoxon Matched-Pairs Testp. 126
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