PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsPart I: Yippee! I''m in StatisticsChapter 1: Statistics or Sadistics? It''s Up to YouWhy Statistics?Descriptive Statistics and AveragesComputing the MeanComputing the MedianComputing the ModeWhat Am I Doing in a Statistics Class?Ten Ways to Use This Book (and Learn Statistics at the Same Time!)About the Book''s FeaturesSummaryList of Key TermsActivitiesReview QuestionsCritical Thinking QuestionsChapter 2: What Do Your Data Look Like? Summarizing and Picturing DistributionsHow Much Information Is in Your Variable?How Much Information Is in Your Variable?All You Need to Know About Using the Amazing Data Analysis ToolsAll You Need to Know About Using the Amazing Data Analysis ToolsShaping Things UpUsing the Amazing Data Analysis Tools to Create a HistogramList of Key TermsActivitiesReview QuestionsCritical Thinking QuestionsChapter 3: Computing Correlation Coefficients: Ice Cream and CrimeHow''s Your Relationship?Computing a Pearson Correlation CoefficientWhat''s It All Mean?Ice Cream Causes Crime (Association vs. Causation)And Now . Using Excel''s CORREL FunctionCreating a ScatterplotOther Cool CorrelationsParting Ways: A Bit About Partial CorrelationsSummaryList of Key TermsActivitiesReview QuestionsCritical Thinking QuestionsChapter 4: Reliability and Validity: Tell the Truth, Precisely the TruthReliability: Getting It Right the First TimeDifferent Types of ReliabilityTest-Retest Reliability: Time and Time AgainInternal Consistency Reliability: To One''s Own Self Be TrueInterrater Reliability: Agreeing Not to DisagreeHow Big Is Big? Interpreting Reliability CoefficientsValidity: What''s the Meaning of Life!?Validity and Reliability: Really Close CousinsSummaryList of Key TermsActivitiesReview QuestionsCritical Thinking QuestionsPart II: Taking Chances for Fun and ProfitChapter 5: The Normal Curve: It''s Shaped Like a Bell and It''s Everywhere!Distributions and ProbabilitiesArea Codes: Areas Under the Normal CurveThe Amazing Super-Informative z ScoreUsing Excel to Compute z ScoresFat and Skinny Frequency DistributionsSummaryList of Key TermsActivitiesReview QuestionsCritical Thinking QuestionsChapter 6: Hypotheticals and You: Making GuessesSamples and PopulationsThe Null HypothesisThe Research HypothesisA Closer Look at Our Two Favorite HypothesesWhat Makes a Good Research Hypothesis?SummaryList of Key TermsActivitiesReview QuestionsCritical Thinking QuestionsChapter 7: Significance: Not Everything That Can Be Counted CountsThe Concept of SignificanceIf Only We Were PerfectType I or Type II: Errors in Inferential StatisticsSignificance Versus MeaningfulnessAn Introduction to Inferential StatisticsAn Introduction to Tests of SignificanceBe Even More ConfidentSummaryList of Key TermsActivitiesReview QuestionsCritical Thinking QuestionsPart III: Significantly Different: Using Inferential StatisticsChapter 8: Single Samples: One Group All AloneIntroduction to the Single-Sample z TestComputing the z Test StatisticUsing Excel to Perform a z Test t TestSpecial Effects: Do They Matter?SummaryList of Key TermsActivitiesReview QuestionsCritical Thinking QuestionsChapter 9: t(ea) for Two: Comparing Two MeansThe Classic Group Comparison: Independent t TestThe Classic Group Comparison: Independent t TestUsing Excel to Perform an Independent t TestOne Group Compared to Itself: Paired-Samples t TestUsing Excel to Perform a Paired-Samples t TestSummaryList of Key TermsActivitiesReview QuestionsCritical Thinking QuestionsChapter 10: More Than Two Groups? Analysis of Variance to the RescueDifferent Flavors of Analysis of VarianceComputing the F Test StatisticUsing Excel for One-Way Analysis of VarianceThe Effect Size for One-Way ANOVASummaryList of Key TermsActivitiesReview QuestionsCritical Thinking QuestionsChapter 11: Two (or More) ANOVAs in One: Factorial Analysis of VarianceFactorial Analysis of VarianceA New Flavor of ANOVAThe Main Event: Main Effects in Factorial ANOVAEven More Interesting: Interaction EffectsUsing Excel to Conduct a Factorial Analysis of VarianceComputing the Effect Size for Factorial ANOVASummaryList of Key TermsActivitiesReview QuestionsCritical Thinking QuestionsChapter 12: Correlation Coefficients and Regression: Can You Relate?Remember the Correlation Coefficient?Computing the Test StatisticLinear RegressionDrawing the World''s Best Line (for Your Data)How Good Is Your Prediction?Using Excel to Compute the Regression LineMultiple Regression: The More Predictors the Better? MaybeSummaryList of Key TermsActivitiesReview QuestionsCritical Thinking QuestionsPart IV: More Statistics! More Tools! More Fun!Chapter 13: Chi-Square and Some Other Nonparametric Tests: What to Do When You''re Not NormalIntroduction to Nonparametric StatisticsIntroduction to the Goodness-of-Fit (One-Sample) Chi-SquareComputing the Goodness-of-Fit Chi-Square Test StatisticIntroduction to the Chi-Square Test of IndependenceUsing Excel to Perform Chi-Square TestsOther Nonparametric Tests You Should Know AboutSummaryList of Key TermsActivitiesReview QuestionsCritical Thinking QuestionsChapter 14: Some Other (Important) Statistical Stuff You Should Know AboutSophisticated Group ComparisonsSophisticated Group ComparisonsIt''s Not About What Data Are Mine, It''s About What Data Are MinedUsing Chatbots for Statistical AnalysesSummaryList of Key TermsAppendices: Information Never Ends!Appendix A: Excel-erate Your LearningAppendix B: TablesAppendix C: Data SetsAppendix D: Answers to Practice QuestionsAppendix E: Math: Just the BasicsAppendix F: The 10 Commandments of Data CollectionAppendix G: The Reward: The Brownie Recipe.