Statistics for the social sciences
By: Sirkin, R. Mark
Language: English Publisher: United States of America -- SAGE Publications -- 2005Description: xxi, 610pISBN: 9781412905466Subject(s): Social sciences Statistical methods | StatisticsDDC classification: 519.5 SIR/S Summary: Like previous editions, this Third Edition continues to help build students' confidence and ability in doing statistical analysis by slowly moving from concepts that require little computational work to those that require more. Author R. Mark Sirkin once again demonstrates how statistics can be used to help students come to appreciate real-world applications rather than fearing them. Statistics for the Social Sciences emphasizes the analysis and interpretation of data to give students a feel for how data interpretation is related to the methods by which the information was obtained. The book includes lists of key concepts, chapter exercises, topic boxes, and more." "Statistics for the Social Sciences is an excellent text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying statistics across the social sciences. It can also be used in research methods courses that cover quantitative applications in some depth
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1. How We Reason
2. Levels of Measurement and Forms of Data
3. Defining Variables
4. Measuring Central Tendency
5. Measuring Dispersion
6. Constructing and Interpreting Contingency Tables
7. Statistical Inference and Tests of Significance
8. Probability Distributions and One-Sample Z and t Tests
9. Two-Sample t Tests
10. One-Way Analysis of Variance
11. Measuring Association in Contingency Tables
12. The Chi-Square Test
13. Correlation and Regression Analysis
14. Additional Aspects of Correlation and Regression Analysis
Like previous editions, this Third Edition continues to help build students' confidence and ability in doing statistical analysis by slowly moving from concepts that require little computational work to those that require more. Author R. Mark Sirkin once again demonstrates how statistics can be used to help students come to appreciate real-world applications rather than fearing them. Statistics for the Social Sciences emphasizes the analysis and interpretation of data to give students a feel for how data interpretation is related to the methods by which the information was obtained. The book includes lists of key concepts, chapter exercises, topic boxes, and more." "Statistics for the Social Sciences is an excellent text for advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying statistics across the social sciences. It can also be used in research methods courses that cover quantitative applications in some depth