Interpreting Basic Statistics
(Sixth Edition)

Table of Contents

  
1. Adolescent Substance Abuse*
      Percentage: I

2. Nonsuicidal Self-Injury*
      Percentage: II

3. Estimated Substance Use
      Percentage and Mean Percentage

4. Opiate Addicts Seeking Treatment
      Frequency Distribution with Percentages

5. Supermarket Express Lane Violations
      Frequency Distribution without Percentages

6. U.S. Homicide Rates*
      Alternatives to Percentages and Proportions

7. Television Viewing, Books, and Reading
      Histogram: I

8. Reading Improvement
      Histogram: II

9. Monthly Suicide Rates
      Line Graph with Rate per 100,000

10. Norms for a Spelling Test
      Cumulative Percentage and Percentile Rank

11. Counseling Duration
      Mean, Median, Mode, and Cumulative Percentage

12. Injection Drug Users and HIV
      Median and Interquartile Range: I

13. Adolescent Physical Abuse and Suicide
      Median and Interquartile Range: II

14. Mental Health Contact Hours
      Mean, Median, and Histogram

15. Cancer Risk-Reduction Behaviors
      Mean and Range

16. Asian Values*
      Mean, Standard Deviation, and 68% Rule

17. College Students’ Alcohol Knowledge*
      Mean, Standard Deviation, and Approximate 95% and 99.7% Rules

18. Competitiveness and Culture
      Mean, Standard Deviation, and Precise 95% and 99% Rules

19. Problem Behavior Treatment*
      T Score: I

20. Effects of Exercise on Mood
      T Score: II

21. Exercise and Depression
      Effect Size (d): I

22. Foster Parent Training
      Effect Size (d): II

23. Measuring Functional Abilities of the Elderly
      Scattergram

24. Child Poverty and Mortality
      Scattergram and Regression Line

25. Correlates of Depression*
      Correlation Coefficient: I

26. Community Violence and Achievement
      Correlation Coefficient: II

27. Commitment and Job Performance
      Meta-Analysis with Correlation Coefficients

28. Alcohol Consumption and Related Variables
      Correlation Coefficient and Coefficient of Determination: I

29. Homeless Adolescents*
      Correlation Coefficient and Coefficient of Determination: II

30. Reliability of a Rating Scale
      Test-Retest Reliability Coefficient and Coefficient of Determination

31. Predictors of Suicidality
      Multiple Correlation: I

32. Predicting College GPA
      Multiple Correlation: II

33. Dieting, Age, and Body Fat
      Linear Regression

34. Excerpts on Sampling*
      Bias in Sampling

35. Treatment of Depression and Anxiety
      Standard Error of the Mean and 95% Confidence Interval

36. Social Traits of Hearing-Impaired Students
      Standard Error of the Mean and 68%, 95%, and 99% Confidence Intervals

37. Communication in Relationships
      t Test for Independent Groups: I

38. Ethnic Identity of Korean Americans
      t Test for Independent Groups: II

39. Perceptions of Risky Driving Behaviors
      t Test for Independent Groups: III

40. Bilingual Friends*
      t Test for Dependent Groups: I

41. Characteristics of New Parents
      t Test for Dependent Groups: II

42. Increasing Technology Skills
      t Test for Dependent Groups with Effect Size: I

43. Summer Camp and Self-Esteem
      t Test for Dependent Groups with Effect Size: II

44. Correlates of School Attachment
      Significance of a Correlation Coefficient: I

45. School-Related Variables*
      Significance of a Correlation Coefficient: II

46. Correlates of Alcohol and Tobacco Use
      Significance of a Correlation Coefficient: III

47. Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale
      Test-Retest Reliability and Validity Coefficients

48. A Measure of Prosocial Tendencies
      Internal Consistency and Test-Retest Reliability

49. Extracurricular Activities and Dropping Out
      One-Way ANOVA

50. Race/Ethnicity and Self-Esteem
      One-Way ANOVA with Post Hoc Tests

51. Effectiveness of a Reading Program*
      Two-Way ANOVA: I

52. Vocabulary Improvement Program*
      Two-Way ANOVA: II

53. Attitudes and Beliefs About Cigars
      Percentage and 95% Confidence Interval

54. Types of Child Abuse
      Standard Error of a Percentage and Confidence Interval

55. Grandparent Roles
      Chi-Square: I

56. Money Management
      Chi-Square: II

57. Self-Employed Hispanic Persons by Gender
      Chi-Square: III

58. Gender Differences in Drinking Problems
      Chi-Square and Cramer’s V

59. Personality Disorders and Substance Use
      Chi-Square and Odds Ratio

60. Duration of Homelessness
      Standard Error of the Median and 68% and 95% Confidence Intervals

61. Fathers’ Values for Their Newborns
      Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney Test


* New to this edition.

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