Key concepts and where to find them in the book

1. Levels of measurement: nominal, ordinal and interval p. 140
   
2. Inferential statistics  p. 8
3. Difference between a sample and a population. top of p.9
4. Standard deviation - a measure of variation.  bottom of p. 68
5. Frequency distribution  pp.83-84
6. Histogram - simply a chart of the frequency distribution pp.85-91
7. Skewness  the lack of symmetry in a distribution p. 96
8. Correlation  pp.113-116, 128-129  Correlation matrix pp.124-126
   
9. Scatterplot pp. 120-124
10. Standardized scores (AKA z-scores) pp. 182-183, 186
11. Introduction to linear regression pp.292-304
12. Chi-square test pp.312-313
    

Information about types of variables (AKA level of measurement)

How do you decide whether a variable is nominal, ordinal or interval?
Examples of nominal, ordinal and interval variables