The bestselling text Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics is the basis for this completely adapted Excel 2010 version. Author Neil J. Salkind presents an often intimidating and difficult subject in a way that is informative, personable, and clear. Researchers and students who find themselves uncomfortable with the analysis portion of their work will appreciate this bookA s unhurried pace and thorough, friendly presentation. Salkind begins the Excel version with a complete introduction to the software, and shows the students how to install the Excel Analysis ToolPak option (free) to earn access to a host of new and very useful analytical techniques. He then walks students through various statistical procedures, beginning with correlations and graphical representation of data and ending with inferential techniques and analysis of variance. Pedagogical features include sidebars offering additional technical information about the topic and set-off points that reinforce major themes. Finally, questions to chapter exercises, a complete glossary, and extensive Excel functionality are located at the back of the book. This Third Edition is updated for use with Excel 2010.

尼尔·J·萨尔金德(Neil J．Salkind) 他在堪萨斯大学心理学和教育学系从教30年，同时兼任人类发展和家庭生活系的教授，30年来，开设的课程有发展理论、生命全程发展理论、统计学和研究方法。他获得马里兰大学人类发展的博士学位，发表了80多篇专业文章，也是一些大学教材的作者，如《儿童发展、探索性研究和人类发展理论导论》(Sage，2004)。他也是l989--2002年的《儿童发展摘要和书目》的编辑。他在儿童发展研究领域很活跃，在贸易领域也有很多著述。他住在堪萨斯州劳伦斯市一所需要经常维护的老房子里，喜欢烹饪、游泳、阅读、藏书及收藏古典沃尔夫Pl800。