Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics

By Neil J. Salkind and Salkind Neil J.

Book Overview

The bestselling Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics teaches an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is informative, personable, and clear. The authors take students through various statistical procedures, beginning with correlation and graphical representation of data and ending with inferential techniques and analysis of variance. In addition, the text provides instruction in SPSS, and includes reviews of more advanced techniques, such as reliability, validity, introductory non-parametric statistics, and more. The text includes a key feature called "The Path to Wisdom and Knowledge" a flowchart in each of the main chapters showing readers how to select the appropriate test statistic. The Eighth Edition has combined and streamlined chapters so that there are now 14 chapters rather than 19, the end-of-chapter questions have been thoroughly revised, dozens of new research examples have been added, a new section on artificial intelligence chatbots for statistical analyses is provided, the SPSS appendix has been updated for the newest version of the software, and the glossary has been extensively revised and improved for clarity. The text is now available in full color, and available in Sage′s award-winning Vantage learning platform.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1071855506
• ISBN13: 9781071855508
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 376 Pages

Customer Reviews

I love statistics

This text was received in perfect condition. No writing inside, arrived promptly and included a CD-rom. People who think they hate statistics are mean.

Don't Take a Stats Class Without This Book!

This was the text book for my first college statistics class and I'm so glad it was! I'm taking a more advanced statistics class now, and I'm reading this book again instead of using the new textbook (as much as possible) because it actually explains statistics in a way that I can understand and is interesting. Highly recommended!

Stats!

What a great book! Perfect for people who think they hate stats, its now my favorite class this semester!

Review for Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics

This book is easy to read. The author makes learning a tough topic more interesting and gives valuable advice on how to figure statistics. I still hate statistics, but I have less fear of the topic now.

At last...a book that students can follow!

This is an easy to follow, well written book that students find useful. I have used it for teaching undergraduate research and statistics and as a supplement for graduate level research. It is written on a level so that almost all students can follow it and it provides excellent examples.