Statistical Tricks And Traps

Author : Ennis C. Almer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351968203
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statistical Tricks and Traps written by Ennis C. Almer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2017. As an applied branch of mathematics, statistical analysis is straightforward and non- controversial. Yet, there are dangers in using statistics that derive from two sources: Statistical Tricks: These occur when researchers deliberately attempt to mislead their readers. Also Statistical Traps: A researcher falls into a statistical trap when he or she naively or carelessly misapplies statistical methods or employs unsound research methods to generate statistical data. While a trap is not intentional, it can produce highly misleading results. However, this book will teach you what types of important questions researchers should address in their reports, and you will learn to take their results with a large grain of salt if they are not addressed.

Author : Mark W. Durm, Ph.D.
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Professional Publications of an Ol' Psychology Professor written by Mark W. Durm, Ph.D. and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-20 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is not like most books. Whereas, most books will quote research to prove or disprove a point, this book offers you the actual research. In the peer-reviewed section, you have the actual research study that asks, “Is the Belief in a Just World Rational?”; a study about the relationship between “Children of Divorce and its Effect on their Self Esteem”; one about “Relation of Self-acceptance and Acceptance of Others”; another about the moon “Lunar Phase and Acting Out Behavior,” and many more. In another section named “Book Appendices,” there are two actual studies that answer the question “Psychics! Do Police Departments Really Use Them?” In the “Book Review” section are published critiques on books entitled: “The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives” by Leonard Mlodinow; “Crimes Against Logic: Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and other Serial Offenders” by Jamie Whyte; C. John Sommerville’s “How the News Makes us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society”. Ennis C. Almer’s “Statistical Tricks and Traps: An Illustrated Guide to the Misuses of Statistics”; “The Myth of Repressed Memory” by Elizabeth Loftus and Katherine Ketcham; Marilyn Vos Savant’s and Leonore Fleischer’s “Brain Building; Exercising Yourself Smarter”; and many more. In the section entitled “Non- Peer Reviewed Journal Articles” there is one entitled, “The Four R’s of a College Education: A Rubber Band, A Rubber Ball, A Razor, and The Pearson R;” One of the Durm family; one on the size of schools entitled “Is Bigger Better”; and others. Finally in the “Magazine Publications Section” there are four publications on the debunking of ghosts and one concerning the military, “Testing Tomorrow’s Tacticians: A Survey of the States’s Military Academies.” About the Author Mark W. Durm, Ph.D. is a Professor Emeritus of Athens State University in Athens, Alabama where he taught 38 years of his 47 years in higher education. His primary areas of instruction were critical thinking, statistics and physiological psychology. Dr. Durm has over 50 professional publications and has authored approximately 100 newspaper columns. His research has been quoted in books, peer-reviewed journals, magazines and national newspapers such as the New York Times and the Washington Post. He has been interviewed by different television stations in the Alabama area and his research (co-authored by Jane Sweat) concerning the use of psychics by police departments was the centerpiece of a documentary on Japanese television. Furthermore, he has received requests for copies of his research from over 15 foreign countries and many universities in the United States. Dr. Durm served in the Tennessee Army National Guard primarily at the Tennessee Military Academy and the 300th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. He is a veteran of Desert Storm. Mark now heads his own company that invests in real estate in Alabama and other states. He resides on his farm in Athens and continues to research and write. Mark is the father of three children who are the joys of his life: Spencer, Sydni, and Sophia.

Author : Duane L. Feldman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780880220989
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Symphony Tips, Tricks, and Traps written by Duane L. Feldman and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jeffrey Wilson
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000848825
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statistical Analytics for Health Data Science with SAS and R written by Jeffrey Wilson and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-03-27 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to compile typical fundamental-to-advanced statistical methods to be used for health data sciences. Although the book promotes applications to health and health-related data, the models in the book can be used to analyze any kind of data. The data are analyzed with the commonly used statistical software of R/SAS (with online supplementary on SPSS/Stata). The data and computing programs will be available to facilitate readers’ learning experience. There has been considerable attention to making statistical methods and analytics available to health data science researchers and students. This book brings it all together to provide a concise point-of-reference for the most commonly used statistical methods from the fundamental level to the advanced level. We envisage this book will contribute to the rapid development in health data science. We provide straightforward explanations of the collected statistical theory and models, compilations of a variety of publicly available data, and illustrations of data analytics using commonly used statistical software of SAS/R. We will have the data and computer programs available for readers to replicate and implement the new methods. The primary readers would be applied data scientists and practitioners in any field of data science, applied statistical analysts and scientists in public health, academic researchers, and graduate students in statistics and biostatistics. The secondary readers would be R&D professionals/practitioners in industry and governmental agencies. This book can be used for both teaching and applied research.

Author : Robert Victor Horn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521413336
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statistical Indicators written by Robert Victor Horn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-03-26 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide explains what statistical indicators are, how they are developed and are to be interpreted to demystify the scientific or pseudo-scientific aura that surrounds them, and shows how they can be usefully applied for practical purposes.

Author : Joseph Schmuller
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470535423
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statistical Analysis with Excel For Dummies written by Joseph Schmuller and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You too can understand the statistics of life, even if you're math-challenged! What do you need to calculate? Manufacturing output? A curve for test scores? Sports stats? You and Excel can do it, and this non-intimidating guide shows you how. It demystifies the different types of statistics, how Excel functions and formulas work, the meaning of means and medians, how to interpret your figures, and more in plain English. Getting there learn how variables, samples, and probability are used to get the information you want Excel tricks find out what's built into the program to help you work with Excel formulas Playing with worksheets get acquainted with the worksheet functions for each step Graphic displays present your data as pie graphs, bar graphs, line graphs, or scatter plots What's normal? understand normal distribution and probability Hyping hypotheses learn to use hypothesis testing with means and variables When regression is progress discover when and how to use regression for forecasting What are the odds work with probability, random variables, and binomial distribution Open the book and find: Ten statistical and graphical tips and traps The difference between descriptive and inferential statistics Why graphs are good How to measure variations What standard scores are and why they're used When to use two-sample hypothesis testing How to use correlations Different ways of working with probability

Author : Charles O. Stewart
Publisher : Que
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book WordPerfect Tips, Tricks, and Traps written by Charles O. Stewart and published by Que. This book was released on 1987 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of practical tips to help WordPerfect users avoid problems when designing, creating, editing, formatting and printing a variety of documents.

Author : Nicoleta Gaciu
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1529743915
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Quantitative Data in Educational Research written by Nicoleta Gaciu and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to help you gain confidence in analysing and interpreting quantitative data and using appropriate statistical tests, by exploring, in plain language, a variety of data analysis methods. Highly practical, each chapter includes step-by-step instructions on how to run specific statistical tests using R, practical tips on how to interpret results correctly and exercises to put into practice what you have learned. It also includes guidance on how to use R and RStudio, how to visualise quantitative data, and the fundamentals of inferential statistics, estimations and hypothesis testing.

Author : Marguerite G. Lodico
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470436808
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Methods in Educational Research written by Marguerite G. Lodico and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-05-17 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Methods in Educational Research Methods in Educational Research is designed to prepare students for the real world of educational research. It focuses on scientifically-based methods, school accountability, and the professional demands of the twenty-first century, empowering researchers to take an active role in conducting research in their classrooms, districts, and the greater educational community. Like the first edition, this edition helps students, educators, and researchers develop a broad and deep understanding of research methodologies. It includes substantial new content on the impact of No Child Left Behind legislation, school reform, quantitative and qualitative methodologies, logic modeling, action research, and other areas. Special features to assist the teaching and learning processes include vignettes illustrating research tied to practice, suggested readings at the end of each chapter, and discussion questions to reinforce chapter content. Praise for the Previous Edition "A new attempt to make this subject more relevant and appealing to students. Most striking is how useful this book is because it is really grounded in educational research. It is very well written and quite relevant for educational researchers or for the student hoping to become one." -PsycCRITIQUES/American Psychological Association "I applaud the authors for their attempt to cover a wide range of material. The straightforward language of the book helps make the material understandable for readers." -Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation

Author : Malcolm Coxall
Publisher : Malcolm Coxall - Cornelio Books
ISBN 13 : 8494085336
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Manipulation - A Handbook written by Malcolm Coxall and published by Malcolm Coxall - Cornelio Books. This book was released on 2013-03-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many ways to handle manipulation by individuals, a group, or government. Firstly, we need to recognise and understand a manipulative act, how it works, its motives, and why we, in particular, are its victims. To this end, the author seeks to illuminate "Human Manipulation" at all levels. This analysis provides the reader with a detailed definition, an understanding of the history and morality of human manipulation and an insight into the psychology of the manipulator and victim. The book identifies and examines 450 manipulative techniques in detail and explains what a victim can do to recognise, avoid and counteract them. Manipulation generally relies on human ignorance. So the better informed we are, the better our chances of detecting and managing manipulation when it is directed at us. This handbook is probably the most comprehensive study of human manipulation anywhere. It is a "must have" for any serious student of the subject.