Statistics Made Simple for School Leaders

Susan Rovezzi Carroll; David J. Carroll

doi:10.5771/9781475863222

Summary

School leaders come in many forms - superintendents, principals and other building leaders, department heads, Board of Education members, heads of the Parent Teacher organizations, teachers’ union representatives, state and federal agency heads, and others. As leaders they are expected to make wise, expeditious and knowledgeable decisions. It is not acceptable to speculate and base decisions on qualitative input. Hard data is regarded as elementary to a school leader’s toolbox, and expertise with data is expected. This expectation will only intensify with the advent of social media, increased data accessibility, sophisticated technology and astute consumers of education. Statistics can make data-based decision-making efficient and ultimately support school leaders with the most critical task – accurately interpreting what is discovered. Why not make statistics your most potent tool? Statistics Made Simple for School Leaders: A New Approach for Using Student, Staff and Community Data can help. This book serves as a handbook for school leaders. With this book, they can confidently and successfully execute data-based decisions to the benefit of their schools, students, staff and community.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-6320-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-6322-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 130
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Introduction No access
1. Benefits of Using Statistics No access
2. Chapter Summary No access
1. Variables and Measurement No access
2. Four Measurement Scales No access
3. Chapter Summary No access
1. Frequency Distributions No access
2. Chapter Summary No access
1. Frequency Polygons or Line Graphs No access
2. Bar Graphs No access
3. Histograms No access
4. Pictographs No access
5. Pie Charts No access
6. Truncated Graphs No access
7. Chapter Summary No access
1. The Mean (M) No access
2. The Median No access
3. The Mode No access
4. Chapter Summary No access
1. Variability and Graphs No access
2. Measures of Variability No access
3. Normal Distributions No access
4. Skewed Distributions No access
5. Chapter Summary No access
1. Population and Samples No access
2. Simple Random Sampling No access
3. Steps for Drawing Simple Random Samples No access
4. Other Useful Sampling Strategies No access
5. Chapter Summary No access
1. Hypothesis Testing No access
2. Power to Reject the Null Hypothesis No access
3. Steps in Hypothesis Testing No access
4. Chapter Summary No access
1. Facts about t-tests No access
2. Assumptions of the t-test No access
3. Steps For Conducting A t-test No access
4. Types of T-TESTS No access
5. Chapter Summary No access
1. Four Research Questions No access
2. Facts about One-Way ANOVAs No access
3. Steps for Conducting a One-Way ANOVA No access
4. An Example of One-Way ANOVA No access
5. Other Versions of ANOVA No access
6. Chapter Summary No access
1. Steps for Conducting a Chi-Square Analysis No access
2. Other Non-Parametric Statistics No access
3. Chapter Summary No access
1. Facts about Correlations No access
2. Correlation Coefficients (r) No access
3. Steps for Conducting a Correlational Statistic No access
4. Types of Correlation Techniques No access
5. Chapter Summary No access
1. Assumptions of Linear Regression No access
2. Bivariate Linear Regression -to Explain No access
3. Multiple Regression: Correlating More than Two Variables No access
4. Forms of multiple regression No access
5. Steps for Conducting Multiple Regression No access
6. Chapter Summary No access
1. Design a user-friendly framework for communicating the work. No access
2. Keep the narrative concise and to the point. No access
3. Select a typeface that is easy to read. No access
4. Be discriminating in the use of boldface, italics, and uppercase. No access
5. Present tables to illustrate the findings. No access
6. Include graphs if they add to comprehension of the findings. No access
7. Interpret findings. No access
8. Add an Executive Summary of Findings. No access
9. Provide a Glossary of Terms. No access
10. Have the report reviewed by a third party. No access
11. Treat audience segments with respect and dignity. No access
12. Chapter Summary No access
Appendix A No access Pages 125 - 126
Index No access Pages 127 - 128
About the Authors No access Pages 129 - 130