Your Statistical Consultant: Answers to Your Data Analysis Questions

Although many graduate students and researchers have had course work in statistics, they sometimes find themselves stumped in proceeding with a particular data analysis question. In fact, statistics is often taught as a lesson in mathematics as opposed to a strategy for answering questions about world[?], leaving beginning researchers at a loss for how to proceed. In these situations, it is common to turn to a statistical expert, the "go to" person when questions regarding appropriate data analysis emerge. Your Statistical Consultant is an authentic alternative resource for describing, explaining, and making recommendations regarding thorny or confusing statistical issues. Written to be responsive to a wide range of inquiries and levels of expertise, this book is flexibly organized so readers can either read it sequentially or turn directly to the sections that correspond to their concerns and questions.

Author: Rae R. Newton,Kjell Erik Rudestam
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 09/04/2012
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.30w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781412997591

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2013

About the Author

Rae R. Newton is a Professor of Sociology at California State University-Fullerton and a Senior Statistician at the Child and Adolescent Health Services Research Center in San Diego, California. He recieved his doctoral degree in sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and postdoctoral training at Indiana University. He is author of Your Statistical Consultant: Answers to Your Data Analysis Questions (with Kjell Rudestam) and numerous articles in professional journals. His research interests include statistical analysis, particularly structural equation modeling, health services delivery, and family violence.

Kjell Erik Rudestam is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara. Previously, he was Professor of Psychology at York University in Toronto, Canada. He received his PhD in Psychology from University of Oregon and has written numerous publications in the area of clinical psychology. In addition, he is first author on the best-selling. Surviving your Dissertation, 3^rd Edition (2007). He is a Fellow of APA and Diplomate of the American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology.