Statistics in Plain English

This introductory textbook provides an inexpensive, brief overview of statistics to help readers gain a better understanding of how statistics work and how to interpret them correctly. Each chapter describes a different statistical technique, ranging from basic concepts like central tendency and describing distributions to more advanced concepts such as t tests, regression, repeated measures ANOVA, and factor analysis. Each chapter begins with a short description of the statistic and when it should be used. This is followed by a more in-depth explanation of how the statistic works. Finally, each chapter ends with an example of the statistic in use, and a sample of how the results of analyses using the statistic might be written up for publication. A glossary of statistical terms and symbols is also included. Using the author's own data and examples from published research and the popular media, the book is a straightforward and accessible guide to statistics. n n n n n n New features in the fourth edition include: n n n n n n n n n sets of work problems in each chapter with detailed solutions and additional problems online to help students test their understanding of the material, n n n n n n n n new Worked Examples to walk students through how to calculate and interpret the statistics featured in each chapter, n n n n n n n n new examples from the author's own data and from published research and the popular media to help students see how statistics are applied and written about in professional publications, n n n n n n n n many more examples, tables, and cha