Excel 2016 for educational and psychological statistics a guide to solving practical problems

Excel for Statistics Thomas J. Quirk Excel 2016 for Educational and Psychological Statistics A Guide to Solving Practical Problems Excel for Statistics Excel for Statistics is a series of textbooks that explain how to use Excel to solve statistics problems in various fields of study Professors, students, and practitioners will find these books teach how to make Excel work best in their respective field Applications include any discipline that uses data and can benefit from the power and simplicity of Excel Books cover all the steps for running statistical analyses in Excel 2016, Excel 2013, Excel 2010 and Excel 2007 The approach also teaches critical statistics skills, making the books particularly applicable for statistics courses taught outside of mathematics or statistics departments Series editor: Thomas J Quirk The following books are in this series: T.J Quirk, Excel 2016 for Engineering Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 T.J Quirk, Excel 2016 for Business Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 T.J Quirk, M Quirk, H.F Horton, Excel 2016 for Biological and Life Sciences Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing 2016 T.J Quirk, M Quirk, H.F Horton, Excel 2016 for Physical Sciences Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing 2016 T.J Quirk, E Rhiney, Excel 2016 for Marketing Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 T.J Quirk Excel 2016 for Educational and Psychological Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 T.J Quirk, Excel 2016 for Social Science Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 T.J Quirk, S Cummings, Excel 2016 for Health Services Management Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 T.J Quirk, J Palmer-Schuyler, Excel 2016 for Human Resource Management Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 T.J Quirk, M Quirk, H.F Horton Excel 2016 for Environmental Sciences Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 T.J Quirk, J Palmer-Schuyler, Excel 2013 for Human Resource Management Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 T.J Quirk, S Cummings, Excel 2013 for Health Services Management Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 T.J Quirk, M Quirk, H.F Horton, Excel 2013 for Physical Sciences Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 T.J Quirk Excel 2013 for Educational and Psychological Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 T.J Quirk, M Quirk, H.F Horton, Excel 2013 for Biological and Life Sciences Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing 2015 T.J Quirk, Excel 2013 for Social Science Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 T.J Quirk, Excel 2013 for Business Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 T.J Quirk Excel 2013 for Engineering Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems, Excel for Statistics Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 Additional Statistics books by Dr Tom Quirk that have been published by Springer T.J Quirk, Excel 2010 for Engineering Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 T.J Quirk, S Cummings, Excel 2010 for Health Services Management Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 T.J Quirk, M Quirk, H Horton, Excel 2010 for Physical Sciences Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013 T.J Quirk, M Quirk, H.F Horton, Excel 2010 for Biological and Life Sciences Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 T.J Quirk, M Quirk, H.F Horton, Excel 2007 for Biological and Life Sciences Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 T.J Quirk, Excel 2010 for Social Science Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012 T.J Quirk, Excel 2010 for Educational and Psychological Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012 T.J Quirk, Excel 2007 for Business Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012 T.J Quirk, Excel 2007 for Social Science Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012 T.J Quirk, Excel 2007 for Educational and Psychological Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems Springer Science+Business Media New York 2012 T.J Quirk, Excel 2010 for Business Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems Springer Science+Business Media 2011 More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13491 Thomas J Quirk Excel 2016 for Educational and Psychological Statistics A Guide to Solving Practical Problems Thomas J Quirk Webster University St Louis, MO, USA Excel for Statistics ISBN 978-3-319-39719-1 ISBN 978-3-319-39720-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-39720-7 (eBook) Library of Congress Control Number: 2016941688 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland This book is dedicated to the more than 3,000 students I have taught at Webster University’s campuses in St Louis, London, and Vienna; the students at Principia College in Elsah, Illinois; and the students at the Cooperative State University of Baden-Wuerttemburg in Heidenheim, Germany These students taught me a great deal about the art of teaching I salute them all, and I thank them for helping me to become a better teacher Preface Excel 2016 for Educational and Psychological Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems helps anyone who wants to learn the basics of applying Excel’s powerful statistical tools to their work situation or to their classes If understanding statistics isn’t your strongest suit, you are not mathematically inclined, or you are wary of computers, then this is the book for you You’ll learn how to perform key statistical tests in Excel without being overwhelmed by statistical theory This book clearly and logically shows how to run statistical tests to solve practical problems in education and psychology Excel is a widely available computer program for students, instructors, and managers in education and psychology It is also an effective teaching and learning tool for quantitative analyses in statistics courses Its powerful computational ability and graphical functions make learning statistics much easier than in years past However, this is the first book to showcase Excel’s usefulness in teaching educational and psychological statistics And it focuses exclusively on this topic in order to render the subject matter applicable and practical—and easy to comprehend and apply Unique features of this book: • Includes 166 color screenshots so you can be sure you are performing Excel steps correctly • You will be told each step of the way, not only how to use Excel but also why you are doing each step • Includes specific objectives embedded in the text for each concept, so you can know the purpose of the Excel steps • You will learn both how to write statistical formulas using Excel and how to use Excel’s drop-down menus that will create the formulas for you • Statistical theory and formulas are explained in clear language without bogging you down in mathematical fine points • Practical examples of problems are taken from both education and psychology vii viii Preface • Each chapter presents key steps to solve practical problems using Excel In addition, three practice problems at the end of each chapter enable you to test your new knowledge Answers to these problems appear in Appendix A • A “Practice Test” is given in Appendix B to test your knowledge at the end of the book Answers to this test appear in Appendix C • This book does not come with a CD of Excel files which you can upload to your computer Instead, you’ll be shown how to create each Excel file yourself In a work or classroom situation, your colleagues and professors will not give you an Excel file You will be expected to create your own This book will give you ample practice in developing this important skill • This book is a tool that can be used either by itself or along with any good statistics book This book is appropriate for use in any course—graduate of undergraduate—in educational or psychological statistics, as well as for administrators/managers who want to improve their Excel skills It will also benefit students who are taking courses in sociology, anthropology, or computer science who want to learn how to use Excel to solve statistics problems The ideas in this book have been thoroughly tested by its author, Professor Tom Quirk, in both marketing statistics and marketing research courses At the beginning of his academic career, Prof Quirk spent years in educational research at the American Institutes for Research and Educational Testing Service He then taught social psychology, educational psychology, and general psychology at Principia College and is currently a professor of marketing in the George Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology at Webster University based in St Louis, Missouri (USA), where he teaches marketing statistics, marketing research, and pricing strategies He has published articles in the Journal of Educational Psychology, The Journal of Educational Research, Review of Educational Research, Journal of Educational Measurement, Educational Technology, The Elementary School Journal, Journal of Secondary Education, Educational Horizons, and Phi Delta Kappan In addition, he has written more than 60 textbook supplements in marketing and management, published more than 20 articles in professional journals, and presented more than 20 papers at professional meetings, including annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Council on Measurement in Education He holds a B.S in mathematics from John Carroll University, both an M.A in education and a Ph.D in educational psychology from Stanford University, and an M.B.A from the University of Missouri–St Louis St Louis, MO Thomas J Quirk Acknowledgments Excel 2016 for Educational and Psychological Statistics: A Guide to Solving Practical Problems is the result of inspiration from three important people: my two daughters and my wife Jennifer Quirk McLaughlin invited me to visit her M.B.A classes several times at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa These visits to a first-rate M.B.A program convinced me there was a need for a book to teach students how to solve practical problems using Excel Meghan Quirk-Horton’s dogged dedication to learning the many statistical techniques needed to complete her Ph.D dissertation illustrated the need for a statistics book that would make this daunting task more user-friendly And Lynne BuckleyQuirk was the number one cheerleader for this project from the beginning, always encouraging me and helping me remain dedicated to completing it Marc Strauss, my editor at Springer, caught the spirit of this idea in our first phone conversation and shepherded this book through the idea stages until it reached its final form His encouragement and support were vital to this book seeing the light of day And Christine Crigler at Springer did her usual first-rate job in coordinating the editing and production of this book; she is always a pleasure to work with I thank them both for being such outstanding product champions throughout this process ix 246 Practice Test Answer: Chap (see Fig C.2) Fig C.2 Practice Test Answer to Chap Problem Appendices Appendices Practice Test Answer: Chap (see Fig C.3) Fig C.3 Practice Test Answer to Chap Problem 247 248 Practice Test Answer: Chap (see Fig C.4) Fig C.4 Practice Test Answer to Chap Problem Appendices Appendices Practice Test Answer: Chap (see Fig C.5) Fig C.5 Practice Test Answer to Chap Problem 249 250 Practice Test Answer: Chap (see Fig C.6) Fig C.6 Practice Test Answer to Chap Problem Appendices Appendices Practice Test Answer: Chap 6: (continued) (d) a ¼ y-intercept ẳ 10, 646:08 b ẳ slope ẳ ỵ5:95 (e) Y ẳ a ỵ b X Y ẳ 10, 646:08 þ 5:95X (f) r ¼ correlation ¼ +.42 (g) Y ẳ 10, 646:08 ỵ 5:952500ị Y ẳ 10, 646:08 ỵ 14, 875 Y ¼ $25, 521:08 (h) About $28,000–$29,000 251 252 Practice Test Answer: Chap (see Fig C.7) Fig C.7 Practice Test Answer to Chap Problem Appendices Appendices 253 Practice Test Answer: Chap (continued) 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rxy ¼ +0.87 y-intercept ¼ À0.739 b1 ¼ 0.307 b2 ¼ 0.004 b3 ¼ 0.002 Y ¼ À0:739 þ 0:307 X1 þ 0:004 X2 þ 0:002X3 Y ¼ a ỵ b1 X1 ỵ b2 X2 ỵ b3 X3 Y ẳ 0:739 ỵ 0:3073:15ị ỵ 0:004490ị ỵ 0:002480ị Y ẳ 0:739 ỵ 0:967 ỵ 1:96 ỵ 0:96 Y ẳ 3:15 +.79 +.83 +.61 +.81 +.54 +.54 The best predictor of FROSH GPA was SAT-V with a correlation of +.83 The three predictors combined predict FROSH GPA with a correlation of +.87 which is slightly better than the best single predictor by itself 254 Practice Test Answer: Chap (see Fig C.8) Fig C.8 Practice Test Answer to Chap Problem Appendices Appendices 255 Practice Test Answer: Chap (continued) (b) H0 : μP ¼ μQ ¼ μCU H1 : μP 6¼ μQ 6¼ μCU (f) MSb ¼ 174,578.04 and MSw ¼ 3,470.98 (g) F ¼ 174,578.04/3,470.98 ¼ 50.30 (h) Mean of Price ¼ 460.50 and Mean of Convenience of Use ¼ 311.80 (i) critical F ¼ 3.23 (j) Result: Since 50.30 is greater than 3.23, we reject the null hypothesis and accept the research hypothesis (k) Conclusion: There was a significant difference in the number of units sold between the three types of TV ads (l) H0 : μP ¼ μCU H1 : μP 6¼ μCU (m) df ¼ nTOTAL À k ¼ 44 À ¼ 41 (n) critical t ¼ 1.96 (o) Result: Since the absolute value of 7.02 is greater than the critical t of 1.96, we reject the null hypothesis and accept the research hypothesis (p) TV ads emphasizing Price sold significantly more units than TV ads emphasizing Convenience of Use (460 vs 312) 256 Appendices Appendix D: Statistical Formulas X¼ Mean ΣX n sffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi À Á2 Σ XÀX STDEV ¼ S ¼ nÀ1 Standard Deviation Standard error of the mean S s:e: ¼ SX ¼ pffiffiffi n Confidence interval about the mean X Ỉ t SX S where SX ¼ pffiffiffi n XÀμ t¼ SX One-group t-test S where SX ¼ pffiffiffi n Two-group t-test (a) when both groups have a sample size greater than 30 t¼ X1 À X2 SX1 ÀX2 where SX1 X2 s S21 S22 ẳ ỵ n1 n2 and where df ẳ n1 ỵ n2 (b) when one or both groups have a sample size less than 30 t¼ where SX1 ÀX2 X1 À X2 SX1 ÀX2 sffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi   n1 1ịS12 ỵ n2 1ịS22 1 ẳ ỵ n1 n2 n1 ỵ n2 and where df ẳ n1 ỵ n2 Appendices Correlation 257 ÁÀ Á XÀX YÀY r¼ Sx Sy where Sx ¼ standard deviation of X and where Sy ¼ standard deviation of Y nÀ1 Σ À Simple linear regression Y ẳ a ỵ bX where a ẳ y-intercept and b ¼ slope of the line Multiple regression equation Y ẳ a ỵ b1 X1 ỵ b2 X2 ỵ b3 X3 ỵ etc: where a ẳ y-intercept One-way ANOVA F-test F ¼ MSb =MSw ANOVA t-test X1 ÀX2 ANOVA t ¼ s:e: ANOVA sffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi  ffi 1 where s:e:ANOVA ẳ MSw ỵ n1 n2 and where df ẳ nTOTAL À k where nTOTAL ¼ n1 + n2 + n3 + etc and where k ¼ the number of groups 258 Appendices Appendix E: t-Table Critical t-values needed for rejection of the null hypothesis (see Fig E.1) Fig E.1 Critical t-values Needed for Rejection of the Null Hypothesis Index A Absolute value of a number, 68–69 Analysis of variance ANOVA t-test formula, 183 degrees of freedom, 186–187, 191, 192, 194, 196, 231, 233, 244 Excel commands, 187–189 formula, 181 interpreting the summary table, 183 s.e formula for ANOVA t-test, 184 ANOVA See Analysis of variance ANOVA t-test See Analysis of variance Appendix E, 41, 69–71, 74, 80, 82, 84, 89, 90, 92, 95, 98, 106, 110, 113, 186, 187, 191, 192, 194, 196, 238, 240, 244, 258 Average function See Mean C Centering information within cells, 7–8 Chart adding the regression equation, 148–150 changing the width and height, 123 creating a chart, 127–136 drawing the regression line onto the chart, 127–136 moving the chart, 135 printing the spreadsheet, 137–138, 151–153 reducing the scale, 137 scatter chart, 129 titles, 129–131, 133 Column width (changing), 6, 161 Confidence interval about the mean 95% confident, 38–41, 46 drawing a picture, 45 formula, 53–54 lower limit, 38–39 upper limit, 38–39 Correlation formula, 119, 120, 122, 168 negative correlation, 115, 117, 118, 146, 151, 156, 157, 175, 218, 220 positive correlation, 115–117, 126, 151, 156, 170, 175 steps for computing r, 120–122 CORREL function See Correlation COUNT function, 10, 54 Critical t-value, 60, 186, 187, 258 D Data Analysis ToolPak, 139–142, 179 Data/Sort commands, 28 Degrees of freedom, 89–90, 92, 94, 95, 104, 186–187, 191, 192, 194, 196, 231, 233, 244 F Fill/Series/Columns commands, 4–5 step value/stop value commands, 5, 24 Formatting numbers currency format, 15–17 decimal format, 17–18 H Home/Fill/Series commands, © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 T.J Quirk, Excel 2016 for Educational and Psychological Statistics, Excel for Statistics, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-39720-7 259 260 Hypothesis testing decision rule, 54 null hypothesis, 50–60, 62 rating scale hypotheses, 50–53 research hypothesis, 50–53, 59 stating the conclusion, 56, 58, 59 stating the result, 55 steps for hypothesis testing, 53–59 M Mean, 1–21, 37–113, 115–120, 122–128, 146, 166, 167, 170, 179, 183–187, 189, 191, 192, 194, 196, 234, 236, 238, 240, 244, 255, 256 formula, Multiple correlation correlation matrix, 167–171 Excel commands, 167–171 Multiple regression correlation matrix, 167–171 equation, 159–167 Excel commands, 167–171 predicting Y, 159, 162 N Naming a range of cells, 8–10 Null hypothesis See Hypothesis testing O One-group t-test for the mean absolute value of a number, 68–69 formula, 69 hypothesis testing, 67–71 s.e formula, 74, 75 steps for hypothesis testing, 67–71 P Page Layout/Scale to Fit commands, 32 Population mean, 37–40, 49, 51, 67, 69, 88, 95, 179, 183–185, 187, 189 Printing a spreadsheet entire worksheet, 151–153 part of the worksheet, 151–153 printing a worksheet to fit onto one page, 137–138 R RAND() See Random number generator Index Random number generator (RAND) duplicate frame numbers, 26–30, 35, 36 frame numbers, 23–26 sorting duplicate frame numbers, 28–31 Regression, 115–176, 240–242, 257 Regression equation adding it to the chart, 148–150 formula, 147 negative correlation, 151 predicting Y from X, 147–148 slope, b, 146 writing the regression equation using the Summary Output, 142–146 y-intercept, a, 146 Regression line, 127–136, 146–151, 155–158, 241 Research hypothesis See Hypothesis testing S Sample size, 1–21, 38, 41–43, 45, 46, 49, 54, 62, 64, 65, 67, 70, 72, 73, 80, 82, 84–91, 94, 96, 97, 102–104, 113, 119, 120, 124, 125, 181, 186, 234, 236, 238, 256 COUNT function, 10, 54 Saving a spreadsheet, 13–14 Scale to Fit commands, 32, 46 s.e See Standard error of the mean Standard deviation, 1–21, 38, 39, 43, 46, 54, 60, 64, 67, 69, 72, 80, 82, 84, 85, 87, 91, 92, 95–97, 110, 113, 124, 234, 236, 238, 256, 257 formula, Standard error of the mean, 1–21, 38–40, 42, 43, 46, 54, 62, 64, 65, 67, 69, 74, 82, 95, 234, 236, 238, 256 formula, STDEV See Standard deviation T t-table, 258 Two-group t-test basic table, 87 degrees of freedom, 89–90 drawing a picture of the means, 93 formula, 98 Formula #1, 94–102 Formula #2, 102–113 hypothesis testing, 86–94 s.e formula, 105, 107 steps in hypothesis testing, 86–94 ... 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