Your Statistical Consultant: Answers to Your Data Analysis Questions - Softcover

Newton, Rae R.; Rudestam, Kjell E. (Erik)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803958234 ISBN 13: 9780803958234

Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Do you ever feel at a loss on how to proceed with a particular set of data? Your Statistical Consultant can provide the answer. This comprehensive guide introduces, describes, and makes recommendations regarding difficult statistical problems and techniques. The authors discuss common problems by addressing frequently asked questions; provide a conceptual overview of topics and techniques; give accounts of such new-found topics as the debate over statistical significance, effect sizes and meta-analysis; and highlight and explain key terms and points.

About this title

About the Author:

Rae R. Newton is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at California State University Fullerton. He recently joined the faculty of the School of Psychology at Fielding Graduate University where he serves as a research consultant and statistical advisor to doctoral students and faculty. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and completed postdoctoral training in mental health measurement at Indiana University. His primary interests include longitudinal modeling of outcomes for high risk youth and foster care populations, family violence and graduate educaton. He is author, with Kjell Erik Rudestam, of Surviving Your dissertation: A comprehensive Guide to Content and Process, now in its third edition. In semi-retirement he enjoys traveling with his wife in their RV and surfing throughout Mexico and Central America.

Review:

"I wish I had owned this book in graduate school. Instead of searching for busy professors to answer my statistical questions, I could have obtained timely and easy-to-understand answers in the page of this well-written and user-friendly text."  (C. Keith Haddock)

"It is more than a reference work. It is a very well-written general work on statistics problems."  (W. Paul Vogt)

About this edition

• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0803958234
• ISBN 13: 9780803958234
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 344