About the Book:

“Very well written and straightforward for someone who is just starting out in research, in a managerial position or just about to start out on that most daunting task, their thesis. The exercises helped a lot. I have more of a perspective of what I am reading, especially the p values.”—Kerin Freeman, scientific writer

“The chapter on qualitative analysis is remarkable. There is nothing like it in any of the statistics literature.”—George Clegg, scientist

“Not a lecture, but a discussion with the reader; walks the reader through. There are hundreds of statistics books out there, but no competition, as they're very dry. I enjoyed reading it.”—Dr. Nicholas Jones, lecturer in mathematics

Written clearly without mathematical formulae, Practical Statistical Testing with StatsDirect introduces statistical testing with worked examples, building up from simple analyses of differences all the way to multiple regression, factor analysis and survival analysis. The examples in Practical Statistical Testing refer to StatsDirect, an inexpensive and easy to use statistics program. Meeting the needs of students and professionals in health, social sciences, marketing and other fields, this readable and entertaining textbook also prepares the reader to learn other statistical software and even more advanced techniques.

About the Author:

Freelance researcher Cole Davis uses StatsDirect on a regular basis. His services have been utilized by businesses, charities, educational organizations and the UK government, and he runs a remote survey analysis service through www.coledavis.org.

Davis has accomplished many things. He created an internationally-recognized career choice web site (www.CareerSteer.org), wrote a careers advisor's handbook, and published many of his short stories in Russia. Cole Davis continues to teach as well as providing a data analysis service. He is often to be found in Eastern Europe and Siberia, and occasionally in London.