This on-line text covers the essentials of statistics for researchers. The examples are taken from exercise and sport science, but the principles apply to all empirical sciences. Short Contents Preface: About These Pages Full Contents Summarizing Data Simple Statistics & Effect Statistics Dimension Reduction Precision of Measurement Generalizing to a Population Confidence Limits & Statistical Significance Statistical Models Estimating Sample Size Summary: The Most Important Points Reference: Hopkins, W. G. (1998). A new view of statistics. Internet Society for Sport Science: http://www.sportsci.org/resource/stats/. 2.8 MB