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Interpreting Basic Statistics gives students valuable practice in interpreting statistical reporting as it actually appears in peer-reviewed journals.
Each of the 63 exercises in the book contain three central components:
The questions on the journal excerpts promote learning by helping students
The questions in each exercise are divided into two parts:
The factual questions require careful reading for details, while the discussion questions show that interpreting statistics is more than a mathematical exercise. These questions require students to apply good judgment as well as statistical reasoning in arriving at appropriate interpretations.
Each exercise covers a limited number of topics, making it easy to coordinate the exercises with lectures or a traditional statistics textbook.