Description
Book SynopsisCatrin Radcliffe is a tutor of mathematics and statistics at Oxford Brookes University, UK.
Table of ContentsIntroduction PART 1: GETTING STARTED 1. What does your assignment ask you to do? 2. How will you do it? 3. Defining your research question 4. Tips for designing your questionnaire 5. How to enter your data into a spreadsheet PART 2: UNDERSTANDING AND DESCRIBING YOUR DATA 6. What type of data do you have? 7. Descriptive statistics 8. What plot should you use? PART 3: HOW DO STATISTICAL TESTS WORK? 9. What is a statistical hypothesis? 10. Using probability distributions in statistical tests 11. Statistics, "errors" and interpretation PART 4: WHAT STATISTICAL TEST DO YOU NEED? 12. The statistics signpost 13. Statistical flowcharts 14. Case studies PART 5: THE STATISTICAL PROCESS 15. You the researcher 16. You the interpreter Symbols explained Useful resources References Index.
