First (and Second) Steps in Statistics

Daniel B Wright author Kamala London author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc

Published:18th Mar '09

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First (and Second) Steps in Statistics cover

′This engagingly written and nicely opinionated book is a blend of friendly introduction and concisely applicable detail. No-one can recall every statistical formula, but if they have this book they will know where to look′ - Professor Jon May, University of Plymouth

′This is one of the best books I have come across for teaching introductory statistics. The illustrative examples are engaging and often humorous and the explanations of ′difficult′ concepts are written in a wonderfully clear and intuitive way′ -Nick Allum, University of Essex

Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine, January 2010

First (and Second) Steps in Statistics, Second Edition provides a clear and concise introduction to the main statistical procedures used in the social and behavioural sciences and is perfect for the statistics student starting their journey.

The rationale and procedure for analyzing data are presented through exciting examples with an emphasis on understanding rather than computation. It is ideally suited for introductory courses in statistics given its gentle beginning, yet progressive treatment of topics. In addition to descriptive statistics, graphs, t-tests, oneway ANOVAs, Chi-square, and simple linear regression, this Second Edition now includes some new, more advanced topic areas as well as a host of additional examples to help students confidently progress through their studies and apply the techniques in lab work, reports and research projects.

Key features of this new edition:

- the reoganization of the first three chapters giving more attention to univariate statistics and providing more examples to work through at this level

- more advanced ′second step′ content has been added on factorial ANOVA and multiple regression

- the robust methods chapter from the first edition is now spread throughout the book, and is linked with common teaching practices.

- many more examples have been added to enhance the book′s practical potential.

- a host of exercises as well as further reading sections at the end of every chapter.

An accompanying Web page includes information for each chapter using the statistical packages SPSS and R.

′This engagingly written and nicely opinionated book is a blend of friendly introduction and concisely applicable detail. No-one can recall every statistical formula, but if they have this book they will know where to look′ - Professor Jon May, University of Plymouth

′This is one of the best books I have come across for teaching introductory statistics. The illustrative examples are engaging and often humorous and the explanations of ′difficult′ concepts are written in a wonderfully clear and intuitive way′ -Nick Allum, University of Essex


This text provides a good introduction to the most important statistical topics, and is well suited for students who do not have an extensive quantitative background, such as my class of Facility Management students. -- Dr Carola Nawroth * drupal *
Will be useful for when just satarting the process of the use of statistics. Also using ′The Tiger that isn′t′ -- Dr Clare Beckett * drupal *
Excellent primer which doesn′t sacrifice rigour for the sake of making statistics usable. It really does provide the basic building blocks that anyone using methods should have. -- Dr Eoin O'Malley * drupal *
Great book -- Dr Jesper Schneider * drupal *
The undergraduate students need a statistics book that talks to them and helps them understand the bigger picture not just numbers. This text will do that. -- Dr Julia Walsh * drupal *
Excellent simple approach to understanding statistics -- Dr Margaret Denny * drupal *
This text explains the fundamentals of statistics well with the integrated examples. This would make a good text for the junior lecturer with a variety of good exercises. -- Dr Peter Thain * drupal *
I trialled this with a few students and they often found the examples very useful - you get a strong sense that this is written by someone who actually does analysis (e.g. the section on pragmatic approaches to measurement). -- Dr Sarah Moore * drupal *
Very accessible writing style and inspiring hands-on approach. -- Dr Stefan Werner * drupal *
Good introductory text for Stats. Well written! -- Miss Anita Finnegan * drupal *
This is a very good book but doesn′t cover the main topics required of the syllabus. I would however recommend the text to students for study as supplementary material. Having said this the book is of excellent quality and is very well written. -- Mr Allister Smith * drupal *
A well written and easy-to-read introductory text with numerous good understandable examples. -- Professor Alexander Lavrov * drupal *
Good introduction to the subject. Well explained. Printing quality could be better. -- Professor Bernd Kaltenhaeuser * drupal *

ISBN: 9781412911429

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 460g

248 pages

2nd Revised edition