Books written by Graham Upton

Introducing Statistics

Karl Pearson ( see below ) showed that when the probabilities of the various outcomes are correctly specified by the null hypothesis , X2 is ( approximately ) an observation from a so - called chi - squared distribution .
Understanding Statistics

r is also known as Pearson's correlation coefficient ( after Karl Pearson - see Chapter 18 ) . • Considering the definitions of Sxx , Sxy and Syy , we can write : sample covariance correlation = ( sample variance of x ) * ( sample ...
A Dictionary of Statistics 3e

379 sample correlation coefficient sample correlation coefficient (product-moment correlation coefficient; Pearson correlation coefficient) If the n pairs of values of *random variables X and Yin a random sample are denoted by (x1, y1), ...
BTEC Level 2 Firsts in Sport

BTEC Level 2 Firsts in Sport Student Book: Second Edition has been fully revised to match the new BTEC specification for first teaching September 2013. It uses the same active,...
The Voice Of The Child: A Handbook For Professionals

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (1992) The Children Act Guidance and Regulations, Volume 6, Children with Disabilities, London, HMSO. ... D.P.L. (1989) The Health and Social Needs of Young Adults with Physical Disabilities, London, MacKeith Press.
Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties: Theory to Practice

This book shows that it is not. It provides a concise, clearly written guide to the major approaches which can be used to deal with emotional and behavioural difficulties - their possibilities and their pitfalls.
Measuring Abundance: Methods for the Estimation of Population Size and Species Richness

This is an essential reference for anyone involved in advanced undergraduate or postgraduate ecological research and teaching, or those planning and carrying out data analysis as part of conservation survey and monitoring programmes.
Special Education in Britain after Warnock

First published in 1988. With the Education Reform Act 1988 firmly in place and impacting upon the education of children and young people with Special Educational Needs, this book examines the issues that arose from its implementation.
A Dictionary of Statistics 3e

Graham Upton, Ian Cook. A Dictionary of Statistics THIRD EDITION GRAHAM UPTON and IAN COOK 1 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRES S Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 GDP, A Dictionary of Statistics.
Special Educational Needs

Quicke, J., Beasley, K. and Morrison, C. (1990) Challenging Prejudice through Education. The Story of a Mental Handicap Awareness Curriculum Project, London: Falmer Press. Robson, C, Sebba, J., Mittler, P. and Davies, ...
A Dictionary of Statistics

This wide-ranging, 100% jargon-free dictionary contains over 2,000 entries on all aspects of statistics, including terms used in computing, mathematics, and probability, as well as biographical information on over 200...
Special Educational Needs

The aims of this book then, are to review contemporary understanding of the frequency, nature and sources of special education needs; to consider the various conditions which give rise to learning difficulties; to provide authoritative ...
Staff Training and Special Educational Needs

First published in 1991. This work is about training and special education needs in the international arena. The book was commissioned as a result of the 1990 International Special Education Conference in Cardiff.
Putting Research into Practice in Primary Teaching and Learning

... word processing are fundamental and will be learned at a functional level ... Children will learn these techniques by asking friends or their teacher, as they ... typing skills were lacking'. He concludes that this was probably not the ...
Putting Research into Practice in Primary Teaching and Learning

... School . Lon- don : Cassell , Higgins , S. et al . ( 1999 ) 500 ICT Tips for Primary Teachers . London : Kogan Page . Jessel , J. ( 1997 ) Writing words and building thoughts ' , in Somekh , B. and Davis , N. ( eds ) Using Information ...