PSY-5111

Trochim, W. M. K. (2006). Statistical terms in sampling. Research Methods Knowledge Base.
This resource provides a discussion of statistical terms used in sampling. Sampling is important in statistics because it is the process used to select units (e.g., people) from our population of interest.

Abbott, M. L. (2016). Using statistics in the social and health sciences with spss and excel. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.
Read Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics: Central Tendency
Read Chapter 3: Descriptive Statistics: Variability
This resource provides an in-depth discussion of descriptive statistics. It also provides examples of how to calculate descriptive statistics in Excel.

Welkowitz, J. (2011). Introductory statistics for the behavioral sciences. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.
Read Chapter 2: Frequency Distributions and Graphs
This resource provides a discussion of graphs that can be used to present the findings of statistical analysis.