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ISBN 10: 0805859047 
ISBN 13: 9780805859041
Author: Schuyler W Huck

Brief and inexpensive, this engaging book helps readers identify and then discard 52 misconceptions about data and statistical summaries. The focus is on major concepts contained in typical undergraduate and graduate courses in statistics, research methods, or quantitative analysis. Fun interactive Internet exercises that further promote undoing the misconceptions are found on the book's website.

The author’s accessible discussion of each misconception has five parts:

• The Misconception - a brief description of the misunderstanding
• Evidence that the Misconception Exists – examples and claimed prevalence
• Why the Misconception is Dangerous – consequence of having the misunderstanding
• Undoing the Misconception - how to think correctly about the concept
• Internet Assignment - an interactive activity to help readers gain a firm grasp of the statistical concept and overcome the misconception.

The book's statistical misconceptions are grouped into 12 chapters that match the topics typically taught in introductory/intermediate courses. However, each of the 52 discussions is self-contained, thus allowing the misconceptions to be covered in any order without confusing the reader. Organized and presented in this manner, the book is an ideal supplement for any standard textbook.

Statistical Misconceptions is appropriate for courses taught in a variety of disciplines including psychology, medicine, education, nursing, business, and the social sciences. The book also will benefit independent researchers interested in undoing their statistical misconceptions.

Statistical Misconceptions 1st Table of contents:

1 Descriptive Statistics
1.1 Measures of Central Tendency
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
1.2 The Mean of Means
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
1.3 The Mode's Location
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
1.4 The Standard Deviation
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
Recommended Reading
2 Distributional Shape
2.1 The Shape of the Normal Curve
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
2.2 Skewed Distributions and Measures of Central Tendency
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
2.3 Standard Scores and Normality
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists†
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
2.4 Rectangular Distributions and Kurtosis
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists†
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
Recommended Reading
3 Bivariate Correlation
3.1 Correlation Coefficients
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
3.2 Correlation and Causality
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
3.3 The Effect of a Single Outlier on Pearson'sr
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
3.4 Relationship Strength and r
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
3.5 The Meaning of r = 0
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
Recommended Reading
4 Reliability and Validity
4.1 Statistical Indices of Reliability and Validity
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
4.2 Interrater Reliability
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
4.3 Cronbach's Alpha and Unidimensionality
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
4.4 Range Restriction and Predictive Validity
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
Recommended Reading
5 Probability
5.1 The Binomial Distribution and N
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
5.2 A Random Walk With a Perfectly Fair Coin
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
5.3 Two Goats and a New Car
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists†
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
5.4 Identical Birthdays
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
5.5 The Sum of an Infinite Number of Numbers
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
5.6 Being Diagnosed With a Rare Disease
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
5.7 Risk Ratios and Odds Ratios
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists†
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
Recommended Reading
6 Sampling
6.1 The Character of Random Samples
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment
6.2 Random Replacements When Sampling
The Misconception
Evidence That This Misconception Exists
Why This Misconception Is Dangerous
Undoing the Misconception
Internet Assignment

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