Fundamentals of Statistical Reasoning in Education [Paperback]

Fundamentals of Statistical Reasoning in Education, 4th Edition is a text specifically geared towards the education community. This text gives educators the statistical knowledge and skills necessary in everyday classroom teaching, in running schools, and in professional development pursuits. It emphasises conceptual development with an engaging style and clear exposition.

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Why Statistics? 1

1.2 Descriptive Statistics 2

1.3 Inferential Statistics 3

1.4 The Role of Statistics in Educational Research 4

1.5 Variables and Their Measurement 5

1.6 Some Tips on Studying Statistics 8

PART 1 DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS 13

Chapter 2 Frequency Distributions 14

2.1 Why Organize Data? 14

2.2 Frequency Distributions for Quantitative Variables 14

2.3 Grouped Scores 15

2.4 Some Guidelines for Forming Class Intervals 17

2.5 Constructing a Grouped-Data Frequency Distribution 18

2.6 The Relative Frequency Distribution 19

2.7 Exact Limits 21

2.8 The Cumulative Percentage Frequency Distribution 22

2.9 Percentile Ranks 23

2.10 Frequency Distributions for Qualitative Variables 25

2.11 Summary 26

Chapter 3 Graphic Representation 34

3.1 Why Graph Data? 34

3.2 Graphing Qualitative Data: The Bar Chart 34

3.3 Graphing Quantitative Data: The Histogram 35

3.4 Relative Frequency and Proportional Area 39

3.5 Characteristics of Frequency Distributions 41

3.6 The Box Plot 44