- Do your students need to organize and summarize data for term projects? Will they need to perform these tasks on the job? This book gives them thorough preparation.

- In twelve short chapters, your students will learn the purposes of descriptive statistics, their calculation, and proper interpretation.

- Actual data on the emotional health of foster-care adolescents are used throughout the book to illustrate various ways of deriving meaning from the data with descriptive statistics. Other interesting examples are also included.

- Computational procedures are illustrated with step-by-step, easy-to-follow examples.

- End-of-chapter exercises provide ample practice for students to master both computations and statistical concepts.

- Eliminates the need for students to buy a traditional statistics book that emphasizes inferential statistics.

- Thoroughly field-tested for student comprehension.

- This book will please you and your students with its clarity of presentation.

- Outstanding supplement for students who need to describe term project data.