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Contents at a Glance
Introduction .................................................................1
Part I: Data Analysis and Model-Building Basics............7
Chapter 1: Beyond Number Crunching: The Art and Science of Data Analysis .........9
Chapter 2: Sorting through Statistical Techniques......................................................31
Chapter 3: Building Confidence and Testing Models...................................................49
Part II: Making Predictions by Using Regression...........67
Chapter 4: Getting in Line with Simple Linear Regression..........................................69
Chapter 5: When Two Variables Are Better than One: Multiple Regression.............87
Chapter 6: One Step Forward and Two Steps Back: Regression Model
Selection........................................................................................................................107
Chapter 7: When Data Throws You a Curve: Using Nonlinear Regression .............129
Chapter 8: Yes, No, Maybe So: Making Predictions By Using Logistic
Regression.....................................................................................................................149
Part III: Comparing Many Means with ANOVA............159
Chapter 9: Going One-Way with Analysis of Variance................................................161
Chapter 10: Pairing Things Down with Multiple Comparisons ................................177
Chapter 11: Getting a Little Interaction with Two-Way ANOVA................................185
Chapter 12: Rock My World: Relating Regression to ANOVA....................................195
Part IV: Building Strong Connections with
Chi-Square Tests.......................................................207
Chapter 13: Forming Associations with Two-Way Tables .........................................209
Chapter 14: Being Independent Enough for the Chi-Square Test.............................229
Chapter 15: Using Chi-Square Tests for Goodness-of-Fit (Your Data,
Not Your Jeans)............................................................................................................249
Part V: Rebels without a Distribution .........................259
Chapter 16: Going Nonparametric ...............................................................................261
Chapter 17: The Sign Test and Signed Rank Test .......................................................271
Chapter 18: Pulling Rank with the Rank Sum Test .....................................................285
Chapter 19: Do the Kruskal-Wallis and Rank the Sums with Wilcox........................295
Chapter 20: Pointing Out Correlations with Spearman’s Rank.................................307