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Order the Latest Edition of the Bestselling Statistics TODAY!

“This book is fantastic and accessible to students. Datasets on the website are extremely helpful.”  
-Lauren Miizock, Emmanuel College

"Another great teaching tool from an author who understands how to teach statistics."
-Dr. Neil Penny, Alvernia University

"This the best statistics book that I have used in teaching and taking stastics courses. It is well organized and offers complete, thorough, yet simple explanations."
-Patricia Ging, Tennessee Wesleyan College

The bestselling Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics is now in its Third Edition! This text teaches an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is informative, personable, and clear. Author Neil J. Salkind takes students through various statistical procedures, beginning with correlation and graphical representation of data and ending with inferential techniques and analysis of variance. In addition, the text covers SPSS, and includes reviews of more advanced techniques, such as reliability, validity, introductory non-parametric statistics, and more. Pedagogical features include sidebars offering additional technical information about the topics presented and points that reinforce major themes in the book. This new edition also includes more examples than ever before, an expanded set of exercises at the end of each chapter, and a more comprehensive glossary.

Key Features of the Third Edition

• Gives updated examples from a variety of disciplines, and more of them than ever before
• Contains more Time to Practice exercises, with answers in the back of the book
• Presents additional coverage of general research methods basics
• Includes expanded coverage of power

An Instructor’s Resource CD (ISBN: 978-1-4129-5152-4) is available to qualified adopters of the text. It includes:

• A downloadable (PDF) pamphlet on How to Teach Statistics
• Sample syllabi
• Extensive lecture outlines (PowerPoint)
• Art from the book for use as overheads
• An additional set of practice problems (with answers)
• Answers to questions about the SAGE Journal articles that appear on the Companion Web Site
• Data sets in SPSS and Excel
• A test bank placed into Diploma 6.3 (Brownstone)

To request the IRCD for this book please contact Customer Care at 1.800.818.7243 or by emailing info@sagepub.com with course name and enrollment and your university mailing address to expedite the process.

The companion Web site located at www.sagepub.com/salkindstudy offers:

• Practice quizzes
• Flashcards
• Access to SAGE Journal articles related to each chapter (whenever possible)
• An in-depth review of SPSS
• Data sets in SPSS and Excel
• A list of useful Web links
• A link to Neil’s blog statforpeople.blogspot.com

In addition, for only $25 extra on top of the price of the textbook, students can purchase the text as a bundle that includes a copy of SPSS Student Version 15 (ISBN: 978-1-4129-5151-7)!  

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9082 in Books
• Published on: 2007-08-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Review

"A well written, well organized and understandable introduction to statistical reasoning, use, and what meaning they may have… the reader will have a much better grasp of statistics and a better ability to consume social science research."

Review
"Salkind's book has been (still is) an extraordinary part of the process of Statistical learning in my courses since 2004."
(Jose R. Rivera )

"Another great teaching tool from an author who understands how to teach statistics." (Dr. Neil Penny )

About the Author

Neil J. Salkind has been teaching at the University of Kansas for 30 years, in the Department of Psychology and Research in Education. He taught courses in developmental theories, life-span development, statistics, and research methods and received his PhD in human development from the University of Maryland. He has published more than 80 professional papers and is the author of several college-level textbooks, including Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics (now in the third edition), Child Development, Exploring Research, and Introduction to Theories of Human Development (Sage 2004). He was editor of Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography from 1989 through 2002 and is active in the Society for Research in Child Development.

Customer Reviews

Very helpful BUT....
This book was great at explaining the principles behind the math. However-- THERE WERE HUGE MISTAKES!!! The formula for the correlation coefficient for example, had a misplaced parenthetical that changed the formula. As a rookie in this area I was in tears trying to figure out my homework. This was not the only error, but it certainly was the worst!!!

Otherwise, the examples make it easy to understand the concepts of statistics, and certainly made it so I was able to ace the course. I just wish it hadn't had so many errors.

At last...a book that students can follow!
This is an easy to follow, well written book that students find useful. I have used it for teaching undergraduate research and statistics and as a supplement for graduate level research. It is written on a level so that almost all students can follow it and it provides excellent examples.

Math Idiot Aces Stats
This is the finest book in its class. As a self-described "math idiot" this text made complex equations simple to understand. Step by step method for each and every equation, explaining what everything means and best of all...WHY it is important. Two thumbs up!