Practical Statistics for Educators

Ruth Ravid, PhD, is professor emerita of education at National Louis University. She is the recipient of the AERA SIG Award for School-University Collaborative Research Service (2010), the NLU Faculty Excellence in Service Award (2004), and the Phi Delta Kappa Service Award (1999). Ravid has also co-authored a number of books, including Action Research in Education: A Practical Guide (with S. E. Efron, 2013), Collaboration in Education (with J. Slater, 2010), Practical Statistics for Business: An Introduction to Business Statistics (with P. Haan, 2008), and The Many Faces of School-University Collaboration: Characteristics of Successful Partnerships (with M. G. Handler, 2001).

List of Statistical Symbols Preface PART I. INTRODUCTION Chapter 1: An Overview of Educational Research Chapter 2: Basic Concepts in Statistics PART II. DESCRIBING DISTRIBUTIONS Chapter 3: Organizing and Graphing Data Chapter 4: Measures of Central Tendency Chapter 5: Measures of Variability Chapter 6: The Normal Curve and Standard Scores PART III. MEASURING RELATIONSHIPS Chapter 7: Correlation Chapter 8: Prediction and Regression PART IV. COMPARING GROUP MEANS Chapter 9: t Test Chapter 10: Analysis of Variance PART V: CHI SQUARE TEST Chapter 11: Chi Square Test PART VI. STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES, RELIABILITY, AND VALIDITY Chapter 12: Interpreting Standardized Test Scores Chapter 13: Reliability Chapter 14: Validity PART VII. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Chapter 15: Choosing the Right Statistical Test Chapter 16: Using Statistical Tests to Analyze Survey Data Appendix-Study Guide Glossary Index About the Author