This inexpensive paperback provides a brief, simple overview of statistics to help readers gain a better understanding of how statistics work and how to interpret them correctly. It presents brief explanations of statistical concepts and techniques in simple, everyday language. Each self-contained chapter consists of three sections. The first describes the statistic, including how it is used and what information it provides. The second section reviews how it works, how to calculate the formula, the strengths and weaknesses of the technique, and the conditions needed for its use. The final section provides examples that use and interpret the statistic. A glossary of terms and symbols is also included. Statistics in Plain English includes 15 chapters ranging from an introduction to basic research terminology and concepts, through t tests, ANOVA, and regression, and concluding with factor and reliability analyses. New features in the third edition include: A new chapter on Factor and Reliability Analysis: Data Reduction Techniques especially helpful to those who do and/or read survey research. New �Writing it Up sections demonstrate how to write about and interpret statistics seen in books and journals. A website with PowerPoint presentations, interactive problems (including an overview of the problem's solution for Instructors) with a PASW/SPSS dataset for practice, videos of the author demonstrating how to calculate and interpret most of the statistics in the book, links to useful websites, and an author blog. New section on understanding the distribution of data (ch. 1) to help readers understand how to use and interpret graphs. Many more examples, tables, and charts to help students visualize key concepts.