Gorald, Stephen

How to make sense of statistics - London: SAGE Publications, 2021. - xxii, 289 p. ref., ind. 24 cm x 16 cm

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Part I: Introduction

Chapter 1: Why we use numbers in research
Chapter 2: What is a number?: Issues of measurement

Part II: Basic analyses

Chapter 3: Working with one variable
Chapter 4: Working with tables of categorical variables
Chapter 5: Examining differences between real numbers
Chapter 6: Significance tests: how to conduct them and what they do not mean
Chapter 7: Significance tests: why we should not report them

Part III: Advanced issues for analysis

Chapter 8: The role of judgement in analysis
Chapter 9: Research designs
Chapter 10: Sampling and populations
Chapter 11: What is randomness?
Chapter 12: Handling missing data: The importance of what we don’t know
Chapter 13: Handling missing data: more complex issues

Part IV: Modelling with data

Chapter 14: Errors in measurements
Chapter 15: Correlating two real numbers
Chapter 16: Predicting measurements using simple linear regression
Chapter 17: Predicting measurements using multiple linear regression
Chapter 18: Assumptions and limitations in regression
Chapter 19: Predicting outcomes using logistic regression
Chapter 20: Data reduction techniques

Part V: Conclusion

Chapter 21: Presenting data for your audience

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