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Known for its brevity and student-friendly approach, this new, Third Edition of Essential Statistics provides students with a strong conceptual foundation, but continues to stress application. Class-tested learning objectives, key term lists, and numeroustables, figures, and charts further enhance skill acquisition.Fully updated, this edition touts:- two new chapters on applications in performance management and analysis and ANOVA- new coverage of essential nonparametric alternatives to conventional inferential statistics- additional material on performance management, going beyond an emphasis on performance measurement.
Contents
PART ONEWhy Statistics for Public Managers and Analysts?PART TWO: RESEARCH METHODSResearch DesignConceptualization and MeasurementMeasuring and Managing Performance: Present and FutureData CollectionPART THREE: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICSCentral TendencyMeasures of DispersionContingency TablesGetting ResultsPART FOUR: INFERENTIAL STATISTICSHypothesis Testing with Chi-squareMeasures of AssociationThe T-testAnalysis of Variance (ANOVA)Simple RegressionMultiple RegressionPART FIVE: FURTHER STATISTICSLogistic RegressionTime Series AnalysisSurvey of Other TechniquesAppendix: Statistical Tables