Fundamentals of Descriptive Statistics

<p>• Do your students need to organize and summarize data for term projects? Will they need to perform these tasks on the job? This book gives them thorough preparation.</p><p>• In twelve short chapters your students will learn the purposes of descriptive statistics their calculation and proper interpretation.</p><p>• Actual data on the emotional health of foster-care adolescents are used throughout the book to illustrate various ways of deriving meaning from the data with descriptive statistics. Other interesting examples are also included.</p><p>• Computational procedures are illustrated with step-by-step easy-to-follow examples.</p><p>• End-of-chapter exercises provide ample practice for students to master both computations and statistical concepts.</p><p>• Eliminates the need for students to buy a traditional statistics book that emphasizes inferential statistics.</p><p>• Thoroughly field-tested for student comprehension.</p><p>• This book will please you and your students with its clarity of presentation.</p><p>• Outstanding supplement for students who need to describe term project data.</p>