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050 00 $aQA276.12$b.U88 2005
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100 1 $aUtts, Jessica M.,$d1951-
245 10 $aSeeing through statistics /$cJessica M. Utts.
250 $a3rd ed.
260 $aBelmont, CA :$bThomson, Brooks/Cole,$cc2005.
300 $axxiv, 560 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm. +$e1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aThe benefits and risks of using statistics -- Reading the news -- Measurements, mistakes, and misunderstandings -- How to get a good sample -- Experiments and observational studies -- Getting the big picture -- Summarizing and displaying measurement data -- Bell-shaped curves and other shapes -- Plots, graphs, and pictures -- Relationships between measurement variables -- Relationships can be deceiving -- Relationships between categorical variables -- Statistical significance for 2 x 2 tables -- Reading the economic news -- Understanding and reporting trends over time -- Understanding probability and long-term expectations -- Psychological influences on personal probability -- When intuition differs from relative frequency -- The diversity of samples from the same population -- Estimating proportions with confidence -- The role of confidence intervals in research -- Rejecting chance - testing hypotheses in research -- Hypothesis testing : examples and case studies -- Significance, importance, and undetected differences -- Meta-analysis : resolving inconsistencies across studies -- Ethics in statistical studies -- Putting what you have learned to the test.
650 0 $aStatistics.
650 6 $aStatistiques.
650 7 $aStatistics.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01132103
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1103/2004100932-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1103/2004100932-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1215/2004100932-t.html
852 00 $boff,bus$hQA276.12$i.U88 2005$zLacking CD-ROM and student access kit
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