Reading Statistics and Research

by Schuyler W. Huck

Book Overview

Designed for beginning statistics and research courses, this text explains how consumers of research can read, understand and critically evaluate the statistical information contained in technical research reports. The major goals are: to help readers decipher the statistical terminology and notations used by authors of technical reports; and to encourage critical evaluation of the way in which any study is executed - focusing on how data is collected,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0065006062
• ISBN13: 9780065006063
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 652 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Reading Statistics...

This book was delivered in less than a week. It was in excellent, like new, condition even though it was sold as a used book. It came wrapped in plastic without any markings.

Not a stats guru? This book will help

As a doctoral student who is trying to get a handle on statistics, I found this book very helpful. Huck does a nice job of supporting what you learn in statistic classes (all the formula and theory `stuff') with real world interpretations and examples. I find his book to be a good resource when I am reading and critiquing journal articles, and when I am trying to word my statistical results in appropriate research vernacular. Please note - this book is not a stats how to book and as such contains no formulas.

For the beginner researcher

Fantastic book! Full of good advice on how to interpret the usual statistical tests, and on how to critically revise the interpretations of other researchers. It also gives useful insight into analysis techniques and on possible interpretation traps. A must have for the beginner researcher who does not want to overstate the significance of his/her results.

statistical research

This book was written to be understood by all. Great reference and learning guide for advanced statistics. Would buy again. Huck! Huck! Huck!

If you have to take Statistics, at least get this book!

I've said it before, and I will say it again. I hate Statistics! It is not just that statistics originated as a means to classify and rank people according to their perceived social worth. Statistics is still used that way as evidenced by the publication and use of the book The Bell Curve. In comparision to a pure science like Neuroscience and also to mathematics, statistics is a subjective science. Everyone knows that statistics can be manipulated and used to show whatever the researcher wants to show...and it is more prone to abuse then most other hard sciences and math.Ok, having said that...I had to take a statistics course at the last minute (read that last year) while working on my dissertation, because it was determined I did not have enough measurements classes. This book was required, but it really has not been used as much as the other textbook which is equation-based, but I quickly found that I preferred this book!This textbook explains how and why statistics are used in all sciences, social sciences, etc. and how they are to be interpreted when seen in a journal. It is very concise...the authors for once are not writing for their peers, they are writing for their audience (which are going to be students, grad students, patient/consumers, etc). The book is written with an eye towards helping the reader understand the reasoning and logic behind using statistics. It is done with minimal decorative writing, and with a sense of humor. It makes use of good examples of both good and bad statistic use in papers and journals, it lambasts those who need lambasting, and it has a sense of humor.If you have to understand statistics so you can read medical journals, sociology, educational journals, etc. this is the book to get. It is immensely helpful. I will rid my library of all other statistical books, but this one I will keep (since my statistics outside of class will be either on computers or I will do qualitative research!)Karen Sadler,Science Education,University of PIttsburgh