This book is not intended to be used as a primary source of information for those who are unfamiliar with statistics. Rather, it is meant to be a supplement to a more detailed statistics textbook, such as that recommended for a statistics course in the social sciences. Or, if you have already taken a course or two in statistics, this book may be useful as a reference book to refresh your memory about statistical concepts you have encountered in the past. It is important to remember that this book is much less detailed than a traditional textbook. Each of the concepts discussed in this book is more complex than the presentation in this book would suggest, and a thorough understanding of these concepts may be acquired only with the use of a more traditional, more detailed textbook.
With that warning firmly in mind, let me describe the potential benefits of this book, and how to make the most of them. As a researcher and as student university, I have found that statistics textbooks often contain a lot of technical information that can be intimidating to non-statisticians.
Although, as it said previously, this information is important, sometimes it is useful to have a short, simple description of a statistic, when it should be used, and how to make sense of it. This is particularly true for students taking only their first or second statistics course, those who do not consider themselves to be “mathematically inclined,” and those who may have taken statistics years ago and now find themselves in need of a little refresher. The purpose in writing this book is to provide short, simple descriptions and explanations of a number of statistics that are easy to read and understand.
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