The bestselling text Statisticsfor People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics teaches an often intimidatingand difficult subject in a way that is informative, personable, and clear.Researchers and students who find themselves uncomfortable with the analysisportion of their work will appreciate this book's unhurried pace and thorough, friendly presentation. Salkind takes students through variousstatistical procedures, beginning with correlations and graphicalrepresentation of data and ending with inferential techniques and analysis ofvariance. In addition, there is coverage of SPSS (and data sets for hands-onexperience), and a review of more advanced statistical techniques, such asreliability, validity, introductory non-parametric statistics, and more.Pedagogical features include sidebars offering additional technical informationabout the topic and set-off points that reinforce major themes. Finally, questions to chapter exercises and a complete glossary are located at the backof the book.