TY - BOOK AU - Wright,Daniel B. AU - London,Kamala AU - Wright,Daniel B. TI - First (and second) steps in statistics SN - 9781412911429 (paper) : AV - QA276.12 .W73 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - Los Angeles PB - Sage KW - Statistics KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - sears N1 - Rev. ed. of: First steps in statistics / Daniel B. Wright. 1st ed; Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-226) and index; Univariate statistics 1: histograms and boxplots -- Univariate statistics 2: the mean and standard deviation -- Univariate statistics 3: proportions and bar charts -- Sampling and allocation -- Inference and confidence intervals -- Hypothesis testing: t tests and alternatives -- Comparing more than two groups or more than two variables -- Regression and correlation -- Factorial ANOVAs and multiple regression -- Categorical data analysis N2 - Presented through exciting examples, with an emphasis on understanding rather than computation, this second edition provides a crystal clear introduction to the main statistical procedures used in the psychological and social sciences ER -