Compassionate statistics : applied quantitative analysis for social services with Exercises and Instructions in SPSS / by Faherty, Vincent E. (Vincent Edward), 1939-, Sage Knowledge

Table of Contents: “…Introduction, overview, and nondefinitions -- Levels of data : nominal, ordinal, and scale -- Presenting data in tables -- Presenting data in figures -- The 3 M's : mean, median, and mode -- Standard deviations, ranges, and quartiles -- Other descriptive statistics -- Probability and statistical significance -- Chi-square test of independence -- Correlation : scattergrams -- Correlation : Spearman's rho and Pearson's r -- T-test for paired samples -- T-test for independent samples -- One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with post hoc tests -- Nonparametric alternatives to common parametric tests.…”
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Clinical epidemiology & evidence-based medicine : fundamental principles of clinical reasoning & research / by Katz, David L., 1963-, Sage Knowledge

Table of Contents: “…Measuring Dispersion: Variance and Standard Deviation --…”
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Statistics for Human Service Evaluation by York, Reginald O., Sage Knowledge

Table of Contents: “…6 Analyzing Data When You Are Comparing Two Groups Using the Independent t Test and Chi Square7 Analyzing Data When You Are Evaluating a Single Client Using the One-Sample t Test, the Standard Deviation, and the Binomial Test; 8 Explaining Client Gain Using the Independent t Test, Analysis of Variance, Correlation Coefficients, and Multiple Regression Analysis; 9 A Synopsis of Selected Statistical Tests for Examining Nominal Data Chi Square, Phi Coefficient, Contingency Coefficient, McNemar Test, and Binomial Test…”
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Understanding research methods and statistics in psychology / by Gavin, Helen, Sage Knowledge

Table of Contents: “…-- Dispersion -- The sample variance and the standard deviation -- Standard error of the mean -- The z-score -- Disruptions to normality -- skew and kurtosis -- Tabular presentation -- Summary -- 5. …”
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