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Your Statistical Consultant
Answers to Your Data Analysis Questions

Second Edition
June 2013 | 384 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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Discussing the issues that surround a range of statistical questions and controversies, the Second Edition reveals divergent perspectives on these issues and offers practical advice and examples for conducting statistical analyses that reflect the authors' interpretation of the consensual wisdom of the field. It is a compendium of statistical knowledge - some theoretical, some applied - that addresses those questions most frequently asked by students and colleagues struggling with statistical analyses.

 
Chapter 1. Getting Started With Statistical Analysis: Where Do I Obtain Data and How Do I Prepare Data for Statistical Analysis?
 
Chapter 2. How Do I Examine Data Prior to Analysis?
 
Chapter 3. Traditional Approaches to Statistical Analysis and the Logic of Statistical Inference
 
Chapter 4. Rethinking Traditional Paradigms: Power, Effect Size, and Hypothesis Testing Alternatives
 
Chapter 5. What Are the Assumptions of Statistical Testing?
 
Chapter 6. An Introduction to Statistical Models: Explaining Relationship Patterns
 
Chapter 7. How Do I Select the Appropriate Statistical Test?
 
Chapter 8. How Do I Deal With Non-Normality, Missing Values, and Outliers?
 
Chapter 9. Types of Variables and Their Treatment in Statistical Analysis
 
Chapter 10. Questions about Analysis of Variance
 
Chapter 11. Questions abuot Multiple Regression Analysis
 
Chapter 12. The Bigger Picture

This book is valuable for its interpretation of alternative approaches to traditional statistical inferences... The second edition is noticeably updated and clearly replaces the earlier 1999 publication... Just opening it gives a clear road map with key points in italics and key terms in boldface. The links to statistical websites are gems. This textbook supplement is ideal for advanced students, practitioners, and faculty in the social sciences. Summing Up: Highly recommended.

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“The best feature of the book is that it covers the analytical processes left out of most research and statistics courses. It is very practical and most importantly, easy to read and understand. I have students continually tell me that they still have their ‘Statistical Consultant’ and they use it all the time.”

Barry B. Shultz
The University of Utah

It covers all the basics that we need to cover in the course and does so in an easy to read format.

Dr Shawn Bergman
Psychology Dept, Appalachian State University
June 1, 2014
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it covers what i need to cover in the best manor, i am doing IT research and needed a text that could break down Quan research best.

Mr Arthur Salmon
Computing Info Technology Dept, Clg Of S Nevada-W Charleston
March 31, 2014
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Ordered for Library.

Dr John Hedgcock
GSTILE, Monterey Institute of International Studies
June 29, 2013
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I will use it as a book to consult. Also, I will recommend to my students, specially those in dissertation.

Dr Ernesto Rosario-Hernandez
Psychology , Ponce School of Medicine
April 1, 2013
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Key features

NEW TO THIS EDITION:

  • References to online resources and meth­ods, including statistical analysis programs such as Stata, SAS, and SPSS, have expanded.
  • Updates to reflect current thinking about null hypothesis significance testing and alternatives have been made.
  • Numerous links to free software that addresses such issues as identifying and graphing interaction effects, conducting power analy­ses, and correcting for missing values using multiple imputation methods are included.
  • An entirely new chapter on statistical modeling has been added.
  • Updates to address current thinking about use of non-parametric methods, missing data analysis and imputation, meta-analysis, confidence intervals and effect size have been made.
  • Updates to address significant changes in the way statistics is conceptualized, taught, and applied in current practice have been made.

 KEY FEATURES:

  • The Second Edition has been significantly expanded with user-friendly illustrations and visual examples.
  • The authors discuss the issues that pertain to a range of statistical questions and controversies, reveal divergent perspectives on these issues, and offer practical advice and examples for conducting statistical analyses that reflect their interpretation of the consensual wisdom of the field.
  • Chapter headings are followed by detailed answers to questions, including conceptual explanations and clarifications of the use and nuances of a particular technique or issue.
  • Examples and opinions of contemporary statistical experts are cited throughout the book.

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