Using and interpreting statistics : a practical text for the health, behavioral, and social sciences / Eric W. Corty.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1 Introduction to statistics: purpose, measurement, terminology, and rounding -- 2 Tables and graphs -- 3 Transformed scores I: percentile ranks -- 4 Descriptive statistics: measuring central tendency and variability -- 5 Transformed scores II: standard scores and the normal distribution -- 6 Sampling and confidence levels -- 7 Relationship tests and hypothesis testing: the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient -- 8 Interpreting Pearson product moment correlation coefficients -- 9 Two-sample difference tests: the independent-samples t test -- 10 Multi-sample difference tests I: one way analysis of variance -- 11 Multi-sample difference tests II: factorial and repeated-measures analysis of variance -- 12 The Chi-square test for contingency tables -- 13 What test when: choosing the appropriate statistical test.