Carroll, Susan R.

Statistics made simple for school leaders : a new approach for using student, staff, and community data / by Susan R. Carroll & David J. Carroll. - 3rd. ed. - Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2022 - 1 online resource (141, pages) : color illustrations.

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Include index

I. Introduction -- 1. Statistics : a powerful tool for school leaders -- 2. Measurement : the foundation of data literacy -- 3. Data : steps in management -- 4. Graphs : a story with data -- 5. Descriptive statistics : great communication tools -- 6. Variability : partner of the mean --7. Sampling : an overlooked management tool -- 8. Hypotheses : testing assumptions -- 9. The t-test: comparing two groups -- 10. ANOVA: comparing three or more groups --11. Chi-square analyses : comparing categories --12. Correlations : relationships with two variables --13. Regression : predicting and explaining relationships --
14. Reporting data : information is power

This book is a practical handbook for school leaders who want to use data to help understand their students, their staff and their communities, day to day.

9781475863208 (e-book)


Educational statistics
School management and organization
School management and organization--United States

LB2846 / C23 2022