Neil J. Salkind received his PhD in human development from the University of Maryland, and after teaching for 35 years at the University of Kansas, he was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology and Research in Education, where he collaborated with colleagues and work with students. His early interests were in the area of children's cognitive development, and after research in the areas of cognitive style and (what was then known as) hyperactivity, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina's Bush Center for Child and Family Policy. His work then changed direction to focus on child and family policy, specifically the impact of alternative forms of public support on various child and family outcomes. He delivered more than 150 professional papers and presentations; written more than 100 trade and textbooks; and is the author of Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics (SAGE), Theories of Human Development (SAGE), and Exploring Research (Prentice Hall). He has edited several encyclopedias, including the Encyclopedia of Human Development, the Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics, and the Encyclopedia of Research Design. He was editor of Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography for 13 years. He lived in Lawrence, Kansas, where he liked to read, swim with the River City Sharks, work as the proprietor and sole employee of big boy press, bake brownies (see [...] for the recipe), and poke around old Volvos and old houses.

PART I: Using Excel Functions
1. Computing Averages
The AVERAGE Function
The AVERAGE A Function
The MEDIAN Function
The [...] Function
The [...] Function
GEOMEAN Function
2. Looking at Variability
The STDEV.S Function
The STDEV.P Function
The VAR.S Function
The VAR.P Function
3. Describing Data
The FREQUENCY Function
The [...] Function
The [...] Function
The [...] Function
The [...] Function
The [...] Function
The STANDARDIZE Function
4. Looking at Relationships
The COVARIANCE.S Function
The CORREL Function
The PEARSON Function
The INTERCEPT Function
The SLOPE Function
The TREND Function
The FORECAST Function
The RSQ Function
5. Testing Independence
The [...] Function
The [...] Function
6. Testing Significance
The [...] Function
The [...] Function
The [...] Function
The [...] Function
The [...] Function
The [...] Function
7. Looking at Data
The SMALL Function
The LARGE Function
The AVERAGEW IF Function
The COUNT Function
The COUNTA Function
The COUNTBLANK Function
The COUNTIF Function
PART II: Using the Analysis ToolPak
8. Describing Data
Descriptive Statistics
Moving Average
Random Number Generation
Rank and Percentile
Sampling
9. Comparing Means
z-Test: Two-Sample for Means
t-Test: Paired Two-Sample for Means
t-Test: Two-Sample Assuming Unequal Variances
t-Test: Two-Sample Assuming Equal Variances
Anova: Single Factor
Anova: Two-Factor With Replication
Anova: Two-Factor Without Replication
10. Looking at Relationships
The Correlation Tool
The Regression Tool
11. Illustrating Data
The Histogram Tool