Statistics and Data Interpretation for the Helping Professions Book

	Preface
Pt. 1	Introduction and the Presentation of Data	1
Ch. 1	Introduction and Overview	2
Ch. 2	More Basics and the Presentation of Data	20
Pt. 2	Descriptive Procedures for One Variable	43
Ch. 3	Central Tendency	44
Ch. 4	Variability	56
Ch. 5	Shape of Distribution and Important Distributions	73
Pt. 3	Association Between Two Variables	97
Ch. 6	The Concept of Relationship and Relationship Between Categorical Variables	98
Ch. 7	The Odds Ratio and Other Measures for Nominal-Level Variables	115
Ch. 8	Correlation and Regression	129
Ch. 9	More Measures of Size of Association	157
Pt. 4	Causal and Noncausal Relationships	173
Ch. 10	The Assessment of Causality	174
Ch. 11	Controlling for Confounding Variables	194
Pt. 5	Inferential Statistics: Beginning Applications	213
Ch. 12	An Introduction to Inferential Statistics	215
Ch. 13	Confidence Intervals for Means and Proportions	233
Ch. 14	The Logic of Statistical Significance Tests	249
Ch. 15	The Large Sample Test of the Mean and New Concepts	267
Ch. 16	Statistical Power and Selected Topics	297
Pt. 6	Selected Significance Tests and a Data Interpretation Model	317
Ch. 17	The t Distribution and One-Sample Procedures for Means	318
Ch. 18	Independent Samples t Test and Dependent Samples to Test	337
Ch. 19	Single Sample Tests of Proportions	360
Ch. 20	The Chi-Square Test of Independence	376
Ch. 21	Analysis of Variance	391
Ch. 22	Selected Statistical Tests	407
Ch. 23	Generalizability, Importance, and a Data Interpretation Model	427
	App. A: Tables	447
App. B	Review of Basic Math	455
App. C	Introductory Computer Exercise for SPSS for Windows 10.0	463
App. D	Description of Variables in Data Set for End-of-Chapter Computer Exercises	477
App. E	Appropriate Measures for Different Situations	479
App. F	Answers to End-of-Chapter Problems and Questions	482
App. G	Symbols in the Text	499
App. H	Formulas in the Text	501
	References	507
	Index	511