Exercising Essential Statistics
Fourth Edition
- Evan Berman - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- Xiaohu Wang - City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, University of Central Florida, USA
January 2017 | 184 pages | CQ Press
Through the use of critical thinking questions and data-based exercises Exercising Essential Statistics helps students apply the techniques described in Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts, Fourth Edition. This accompanying workbook gives students the opportunity to practice these techniques through hands-on, carefully crafted exercises. Various examples are provided from human resource management, organizational behavior, budgeting, and public policy to illustrate how public administrators interact with and analyze data.
To pair this companion workbook with Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts, Fourth Edition use bundle ISBN: 978-1-5063-7366-9. Click here to see more information about the main text.
To pair this companion workbook with Essential Statistics for Public Managers and Policy Analysts, Fourth Edition use bundle ISBN: 978-1-5063-7366-9. Click here to see more information about the main text.
Introduction
Chapter 1 Why Statistics for Public Managers and Analysts?
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Application Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 2 Research Design
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Application Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 3 Conceptualization and Measurement
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Application Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 4 Measuring and Managing Performance: Present and Future
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Application Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 5 Data Collection
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Application Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 6 Central Tendency
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Data-Based Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 7 Measures of Dispersion
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Data-Based Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 8 Contingency Tables
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Data-Based Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 9 Getting Results
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Data-Based Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 10 Introducing Inference: Estimation from Samples
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Data-Based Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 11 Hypothesis Testing with Chi-Square
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Data-Based Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 12 The T-Test
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Data-Based Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 13 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Data-Based Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 14 Simple Regression
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Data-Based Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 15 Multiple Regression
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Data-Based Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 16 Logistic Regression and Time Series Regression
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Data-Based Exercises |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 17 Survey of Other Techniques
| Q & A |
| Critical Thinking |
| Data-Based Exercise |
| Further Reading |
Chapter 18 Excel User’s Guide
| Loading the Data Analysis ToolPak |
| Locating the Insert Function (fx) |
| The Excel Sheet Screen and Descriptive Statistics Procedure |
| Frequency Distributions |
| Chi-Square Test |
| One-Sample T-Test |
| Two-Samples T-Test |
| ANOVA |
| Regression |
| Creating Charts in Excel |
Chapter 19 SPSS User’s Guide
| SPSS Screens |
| Creating a Variable |
| Univariate Analysis: Means and Frequency Distributions |
| Variable Labels and Values |
| Defining Missing Values |
| Selecting a Subset of Observations for Analysis |
| Index Variables I: Cronbach Alpha |
| Index Variables II: Construction |
| Recoding Data |
| Hypothesis Testing with Chi-Square |
| T-Tests |
| Conclusion |
Chapter 20 Dataset Documentation
| Public Perceptions |
| Employee Attitudes |
| Community Indicators |
| Watershed |
| Productivity |
| Crime |
| Time |
| Florida County Conservation Spending Database |
Supplements
Instructor Site
Password-protected Instructor Resources include the following:
Password-protected Instructor Resources include the following:
- Sample course syllabi for semester and quarter courses provide suggested models for structuring one’s course.
- A set of all the graphics from the text, including all of the maps, tables, and figures, in PowerPoint, .pdf, and .jpg formats for class presentations.
- A Microsoft® Word test bank, is available containing multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and essay questions for each chapter. The test bank provides you with a diverse range of pre-written options as well as the opportunity for editing any question and/or inserting your own personalized questions to effectively assess students’ progress and understanding.
- Editable, chapter-specific Microsoft® PowerPoint® slides offer you complete flexibility in easily creating a multimedia presentation for your course. Highlight essential content and features.
- And much more!
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