Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-600) and index.

Contents : Introduction -- Sampling and measurement -- Descriptive statistics -- Probability distributions -- Statistical inference:estimation -- Statistical inference:significance tests -- Comparison of two groups -- Analyzing association between categorical variables -- Linear regression and correlation -- Introduction to multivariate relationships -- Multiple regression and correlation -- Comparing groups:analysis of variance (ANOVA) methods -- Combining regression and ANOVA:quantitative and categorical predictors -- Model building with multiple regression -- Logistic regression:modeling categorical responses -- An Introduction to advanced methodology -- Appendix : A : SPSS and SAS for statistical analyses -- B : Answers to selected odd-numbered exercises.