How to Analyze Data

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

This accessible guide is an ideal starter for students who are puzzled by statistics and quantitative data analysis. Taking students step-by-step through the statistical process, it introduces the steps involved in successfully describing, analyzing and interpreting data and explains the logic which underpins these processes. Bite-sized chapters provide practical guidance for each stage of the process, from defining the research question and designing questionnaires through to using the appropriate statistical tests and analyses for the task and reporting and interpreting statistics.Clear and concise, this will be a go-to resource for undergraduates of all disciplines who need to get to grips with basic statistics on their course.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-10-18
Mått:108 x 136 x 10 mm
Vikt:120 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Pocket Study Skills
Antal sidor:160
Upplaga:2020
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781137608468

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Catrin Radcliffe is a tutor of mathematics and statistics at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

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IntroductionPART 1: GETTING STARTED1. What does your assignment ask you to do?2. How will you do it?3. Defining your research question4. Tips for designing your questionnaire5. How to enter your data into a spreadsheetPART 2: UNDERSTANDING AND DESCRIBING YOUR DATA6. What type of data do you have?7. Descriptive statistics8. What plot should you use?PART 3: HOW DO STATISTICAL TESTS WORK?9. What is a statistical hypothesis?10. Using probability distributions in statistical tests11. Statistics, "errors" and interpretationPART 4: WHAT STATISTICAL TEST DO YOU NEED?12. The statistics signpost13. Statistical flowcharts14. Case studiesPART 5: THE STATISTICAL PROCESS15. You the researcher16. You the interpreterSymbols explainedUseful resourcesReferencesIndex.