PDQ Statistics [Paperback]

Geoffrey R. Norman (Author), David L. Streiner (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1550090763 | ISBN-13: 978-1550090765 | Publication Date: January 15, 1997 | Edition: 2nd

This is an overview of all major statistical methods, giving the reader a thorough understanding of statistics and how they are used in research articles. It covers the major categories - variable and descriptive statistics, parametic statistics, non-parametic statistics, and multivariate statistics. The explanations are clear, succinct, and include practical examples. Featuring unique examples, titled "Circular Reasoning or Anti-intellectual Pomposity" Detectors (CRAP Detectors), the text helps the reader identify statistical analyses with basic flaws in design or research.

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About the Author

Geoffrey Norman PhD Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatics McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario David Streiner PhD Assistant Vice President, Research Director Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit Baycreat Centre of Geriatric Care Professor, Department of Psychiatry University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 188 pages
• Publisher: B.C. Decker; 2nd edition (January 15, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1550090763
• ISBN-13: 978-1550090765
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #725,765 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best, December 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: PDQ Statistics (Paperback)

I've spent years looking for a book on statistics that is lucid for professionals who need to use statistical methods but who don't want to get a Ph.D. in math to be able to undertand them.

This book is the best. No incomprehensible Greek formulas. No tortured prose. And yet it's not just a mere introduction of what a mode is. It includes some advanced statistical methods and gives you all you need to know to understand what they do and how and when you would use them. It is long enough to describe each method sufficiently, including pitfalls and things to watch out for. Yet the book is short enough that reading it and undertanding the whole thing is possible in a modest length of time.

You can stop searching now. This is the book.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't fear the p-value!, April 10, 2000

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Nancy (St. Louis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PDQ Statistics (Paperback)

This really is a fun book - yes FUN - I'd even say it's a bathroom book about statistics. It's very conceptual, not at all driven by formulas - and makes many statistical concepts crystal clear. A great book to pick up for the PHD or the stats phobic - -

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In a class of its own!, January 6, 2004

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An epidemiologist (a small New England university) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pdq Statistics (PDQ Series) Third Edition (Paperback)

This book is the only statistics book of its type. For each section covering a specific statistical method (from simple methods to those you may not even cover in your PhD training), a concise 2-5 page summary is presented. The goal is not to enable the reader to calculate any of these statistics, but to understand conceptually what each statistic means. This is where it can fill in information other statistics texts never get to. A student (or researcher!) who can churn out factorial ANOVA results, but doesn't truly understand what they mean can turn to this book for clarity. It's simple (for statistics), it's short, it's clear, and you have to love a book that is dedicated "To the many people who have made this book both possible and necessary -- authors of other statistics books"!