books about: statistical     books:       Introduction to the Practice of Statistics w/CD-ROM13 reviews David S. Moore, George P. McCabe W. H. Freeman, 2005 another well-written and popular text by David Moore David Moore is a Professor of Statistics at Purdue University. He is both a great teacjer and a scholar. In addition to one or two well-written advanced books he has written a number of high quality introductory statistics books and has led the movement toward AP statistics in the high schools and active learning methods for tesching statistics at the elementary, middle and high school levels ...             Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences15 reviews Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau Wadsworth Publishing, 2006 An awesome stats book! I have taught statistics for many years and this is the best stats book I have seen. It is clearly written, has easily understood formulas, and excellent examples. I highly recommend it!             Statistics for Business and Economics (with CD-ROM)4 reviews David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, ... South-Western College Pub, 2007 decent stat book Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1HTD6NMK6E1E2 This is one of the better textbooks I have on the subject. One will have to put the time in but the book does a good job explaining concepts. If I may suggest something that has helped my studies greatly, a little book called Don't Like to Read, Then Don't, Listen!: How to Turn Any Type of Text Into Audio Files That ...             Statistical Techniques in Business and Economics with Student CD4 reviews Douglas A. Lind, William G Marchal, ... McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006 Very Pleased I was pleased from start to finish. It was the correct book, in great condition, it had the CD as stated and it came in a timely fashion.             Discovering Statistics Using SPSS (Introducing Statistical Methods S.) (2nd Edition)62 reviews Andy Field Sage Publications Ltd, 2005 Bless you, Andy Field! This should be the first book you buy if you need help with stats and SPSS. When I first began doing empirical research I knew almost nothing about statistics or SPSS, and had to learn virtually everything I needed to know about complex multivariate tests on my own. I had suffered through many of the relevant, canonical books before I happened upon Field. It was a V-8 moment. Not only does the ...             DSM-IV Made Easy: The Clinician's Guide to Diagnosis16 reviews James Morrison Guilford Press, 1995 Excellent resource I use this text as a support text for a class I teach on Sex crimes and Paraphilias.. It works well in determiong background on offenders.             Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches25 reviews John W. Creswell Sage Publications, Inc, 2008 Delivers as promised Book is an excellent introduction to research design for qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods designs. It explains all the components of a research design and walks you through each one, inclding the literature review, research question and hypotheses. Also, the first chapter goes through the different theoretical perspectives from which reseach proceeds, so you can understand the ...             Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Science5 reviews Frederick J Gravetter, Larry B. Wallnau Wadsworth Publishing, 2007 Good and easy to understand statistics book I had to get this book for my statistics class. I am not good at math but this book is written well enough that I was able to get a great grade on a test. I am pretty happy with this book :) Maggie (Frankfort, IL)             Statistical Inference32 reviews George Casella, Roger L. Berger Duxbury Press, 2001 good text for first graduate course in statistics This is the second edition of an excellent book. Casella and Berger put together a text that many faculty began choosing for the first graduate course in mathematical statistics. This second edition is improved over the first and puts more emphasis on the algorithms than the asymptotics. It covers modern topics like resampling and is verywell presented. When I was a graduate student we used ...             Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR Fourth Edition (Text Revision)107 reviews American Psychiatric Association American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2000 "Must Have" A definite "must have" book for any student in a counseling program. Even if not "required", this book makes writing reports so much easier because then you know EXACTLY what is required for deifferent diagnosis. I suggest all counseling/psychology students buy this book as early on in their studies as possible.             SPSS Survival Manual23 reviews Julie Pallant Open University Press, 2007 SPSS Survival Manual This is the best SPSS manual I've had. It's comprehensive and easy to follow. I really enjoy it.             Using SPSS for Windows and Macintosh: Analyzing and Understanding Data (5th Edition)7 reviews Samuel B. Green, Neil J. Salkind Prentice Hall, 2007 Very Useful / Practical - Not Intended to be a Theory Book As an ABD graduate student, I have found this book to be very useful to me. It is the best book I have seen for just taking you through the procedures of using SPSS. Most stats books are only theory leaving you to your lab mates to learn how to actually do anything, but this book for the most part solved that problem for me. Very parcemonous and down to earth.             MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications10 reviews Amos Gilat Wiley, 2008 Reader If you plan to start with Matlab with no prior experience, this book beats most of the other available titles.Since an inside view of the book is not available on Amazon, I will for the benefit of others list out the chapters here.Ch1 begins with the necessary introduction,developing familiarity with the command window,display formats and precedence of operators.It moves on to Ch2 and Ch3 where ...             Statistical Methods for Psychology11 reviews David C. Howell Wadsworth Publishing, 2006 Outstanding Text and Reference not for typical beginners Howell's book has been around now for 6 editions - you simply do not get to that stage of publishing a technical book without doing many things very well. I have taught advanced statistics to graduate students and professionals in a variety of programs and settings for over 20 years, and for an advanced basic course in statistics for graduate students or for knowledgeable professionals, I would ...             Statistics for Management and Economics (with CD-ROM) Gerald Keller South-Western College Pub, 2008 STATISTICS FOR MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS, 8e, emphasizes applications over calculation. It illustrates how vital statistical methods and tools are for today's managers--and teaches you how to apply them to real business problems. Using a proven three-step "ICI" approach to problem solving, the text teaches you how to IDENTIFY the correct statistical technique by focusing on the problem objective and data type; how to COMPUTE the statistics doing ...             The Six Sigma Handbook: The Complete Guide for Greenbelts, Blackbelts, and Managers at All Levels, Revised ...28 reviews Thomas Pyzdek McGraw-Hill, 2003 "Six Sigma: The Complete Guide..." Well worth the money! As a former practitioner of Total Quality Management, Kaizen, Continuous Improvement, Just In Time, Total Productive Maintenance, etc. and, now, Six Sigma, I highly recommend the "Six Sigma: The Complete Guide..." to both newbie's wanting a broad and deep explanation of Six Sigma as well as seasoned Belts wanting to brush up on its principles. I keep it continually at my finger tips to review and ...             Modern Epidemiology1 review Kenneth J Rothman, Sander Greenland, ... Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2008 As yet, an unparalleled reference on the science of epidemiology Masterly. Rothman and coworkers' 3rd edition of the classic `Modern Epidemiology' is a landmark step in presenting with cohesiveness and clarity traditional + cutting-edge concepts and methods for observational research (and by extension for experimental research on human subjects as well, since problems like unblinding or loss-to-follow-up may reintroduce bias in clinical trials after ...             Finite Mathematics for Business, Economics, Life Sciences and Social Sciences (11th Edition)10 reviews Raymond A. Barnett, Michael R. Ziegler, ... Prentice Hall, 2007 Sound choice for a finite math textbook This is a very sound choice as a textbook for a course in finite mathematics. The coverage is appropriate, the level suitable for the non-math major, the explanations are excellent and the authors take the title seriously. The topics are covered in the following order: * Elementary functions and their graphs. * The mathematics of finance. * Matrices and systems of linear equations. * Linear ...             Essentials of Statistics for Business and Economics (with CD-ROM) David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, ... South-Western College Pub, 2008 Trust the latest version of this market-leading essentials text to introduce sound statistical methodology in a proven applications setting. ESSENTIALS OF STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, 5e, includes all of the strengths of the longer best-selling Anderson/Sweeney/Williams STATISTICS FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, with a focus on the most important core topics for a concise presentation that's easy for students to follow. This brief ...             The Little SAS Book: A Primer, Third Edition80 reviews Lora D. Delwiche, Susan J. Slaughter SAS Publishing, 2003 excellent reference for beginners and those needing a refresher This book is concise and has many of the key ideas that beginning SAS programmers need. It is a good reference even for advanced SAS programmers but does not go far beyond the basics. If you use SAS regularly this will not have enough information for you. However, it is the quickest way to find out how to do something basic that you either have never done or forgot how to do. I only have the 2nd ...              search for books analyzing, applications, approaches, behavioral, blackbelts, clinician, diagnosis, diagnostic, discovering, disorders, dsm-iv-tr, economics, epidemiology, essentials, expanded, greenbelts, inference, introducing, introduction, macintosh, management, mathematics, psychology, qualitative, quantitative, research, statistical, statistics, techniques, understanding books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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