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Statistics With Humans
- Katie Jacobs - University of Central Missouri, USA
May 2026 | 456 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Statistics With Humans is an engaging and insightful textbook that takes a fresh approach to the often-intimidating world of statistics. Translating her passion and energy for teaching into the book, author Katie Jacobs makes statistics accessible for even the most math-phobic student. Drawing on examples from students' everyday lives and written in a friendly and conversational tone, this book demystifies statistics for the social and behavioral sciences. With eye-catching full-color photos and numerous practice opportunities, this new book guides students from foundational concepts to more complex statistical analyses. The book focuses on the application of concepts and can also be used by those teaching with SPSS as it includes directions for using SPSS to set up and run each statistical test.
This text is offered in Sage Vantage, an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities (including statistics demonstration videos and SPSS walkthrough videos, both created by the author), auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability, including extra Practice Problems. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support.
This text is offered in Sage Vantage, an intuitive learning platform that integrates quality Sage textbook content with assignable multimedia activities (including statistics demonstration videos and SPSS walkthrough videos, both created by the author), auto-graded assessments to drive student engagement and ensure accountability, including extra Practice Problems. Unparalleled in its ease of use and built for dynamic teaching and learning, Vantage offers customizable LMS integration and best-in-class support.
Preface
About the Authors
Part 1: Welcome to Statistics Boot Camp
Chapter 1: May I Make an Introduction? To Statistics, That Is…
Chapter 2: Measures of Central Tendency: Attraction
Chapter 3: Measures of Variability: Tree Branches Scattered Across the Sky
Chapter 4: Visual Displays and Measures of Distribution: Let’s Lay It All Out
Chapter 5: The Standard Normal Distribution: Finding Order in the Chaos
Chapter 6: Probability and Sampling: It’s More Than Sports and Gambling
Part 2: Welcome to Inferential Statistics
Chapter 7: Hypothesis Testing and Statistical Significance: Putting It Altogether
Chapter 8: One-Sample z-Test: Are NBA Players Taller Than the Average Male?
Chapter 9: Independent Samples t-Test: Who Owns More Shoes?
Chapter 10: Dependent Samples t-Test: Does Dry January Actually Work?
Chapter 11: One-Way ANOVA: Who is the Biggest Diva?
Chapter 12: The Pearson Product-Moment Correlation: Are TikTok and Reading Times Related?
Chapter 13: Simple Linear Regression: Does Time on Dating Apps Predict Dating Bitterness?
Part 3: Welcome to Nonparametric Analyses
Chapter 14: Chi-square Goodness-of-Fit test: Are People Terrified by AI More Than You’d Expect?
Appendix A: Standard Normal Distribution Table (i.e. z Critical Value Table)
Appendix B: Student’s t Distribution Table (t_CV Table)
Appendix C: F Distribution Table (F_CV Table)
Appendix D: Studentized Range q Table
Appendix E: Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Critical Value Table (r_CV Table)
Appendix F: Chi-Square Critical Value Table (X^2_CV Table)
An excellent text for any undergraduate research methods and statistics course in the social sciences. This text provides precise methodology, thorough analysis and concise explanation of both descriptive and inferential statistics in an easy to read format.
Dalton State College
Jacobs approaches statistics from a student-centered perspective. It is clear in the language used, examples given, and general
approach that she is passionate about statistics and wants to share that with her students!
College of William and Mary
Jacobs does a great job explaining statistics in an easy to understand conversational manner. I strongly recommend this book.
Charleston Southern University
An original text with detailed quality information, step-by-step procedures, and visually rich examples for statistics students!
Walden University
This is an in-depth look at the assumptions, calculations, and examples of different statistical tests. After reading, students will gain insight into why and how to use these to explore various research questions.
Lindenwood University
The deep examples and explanations are great ways to increase the understanding of the material.
North Carolina A&T State University