TY - BOOK AU - Tanner,David TI - Using statistics to make educational decisions SN - 9781412969772 (pbk.) AV - LB2846 .T29 2012 U1 - 370.21 TAN 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Los Angeles PB - Sage KW - Educational statistics KW - Study and teaching KW - Educational tests and measurements N1 - Includes index; Part A: Developing a Context for Statistical Analysis Chapter 1: A Context for Solving Quantitative Problems Chapter 2: Describing Data Part B: Presenting Data Chapter 3: Data Distributions: Picturing Data Chapter 4: Working with the Normal Curve: z Scores Part C. Examining Differences Chapter 5: Probability and the Normal Distribution Chapter 6: t for One, or Two Chapter 7: Analysis of Variance Chapter 8: ANOVA with more than One Independent Variable: Factorial ANOVA Chapter 9: Dependent Groups Tests for Interval Data Part D. Association and Prediction Chapter 10: Correlation Chapter 11: Regression with One Predictor Chapter 12: Regression with More than One Predictor Part E. Tests for Nominal and Ordinal Data Chapter 13: Some of the Chi-square Tests Chapter 14: Working with Ordinal, More, or Less-than Data Part F. Tests, Measurement Issues and Selected Advanced Topics Chapter 15: Testing Issues Chapter 16: A Brief Introduction to Selected Advanced Topics Glossary Appendices: Tables of Critical Values Appendices: A Primer in SPSS (R) Appendices: Solutions to Selected Problems ER -