Using statistics to make educational decisions /

Using statistics to make educational decisions /

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Author / Creator:	Tanner, David.
Imprint:	Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2012.
Description:	xxiv, 523 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Educational statistics -- Study and teaching. Educational tests and measurements. Educational statistics -- Study and teaching. Educational tests and measurements.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8520569

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ISBN:	9781412969772 (pbk.) 1412969778 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Part A. Developing a Context for Statistical Analysis
Chapter 1. a Context for Solving Quantitative Problems
Chapter 2. Describing Data
Part B. Presenting Data
Chapter 3. Data Distributions: Picturing Data
Chapter 4. Working with the Normal Curve: z Scores
Part C. Examining Differences
Chapter 5. Probability and the Normal Distribution
Chapter 6. t for One, or Two
Chapter 7. Analysis of Variance
Chapter 8. ANOVA with more than One Independent Variable: Factorial ANOVA
Chapter 9. Dependent Groups Tests for Interval Data
Part D. Association and Prediction
Chapter 10. Correlation
Chapter 11. Regression with One Predictor
Chapter 12. Regression with More than One Predictor
Part E. Tests for Nominal and Ordinal Data
Chapter 13. Some of the Chi-square Tests
Chapter 14. Working with Ordinal, More, or Less-than Data
Part F. Tests, Measurement Issues and Selected Advanced Topics
Chapter 15. Testing Issues
Chapter 16. a Brief Introduction to Selected Advanced Topics
Glossary
Appendices: Tables of Critical Values
Appendices: a Primer in SPSSÂ"
Appendices: Solutions to Selected Problems