Compassionate Statistics Applied Quantitative Analysis for Social Services (with Exercises and Instructions in SPSS)

Name: Compassionate Statistics Applied Quantitative Analysis for Social Services (with Exercises and Instructions in SPSS)
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ISBN: 9781412939829

ISBN-10: 1412939828

ISBN-13: 9781412939829

Edition: 2008

Authors: Vincent Faherty

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Compassionate Statistics: Applied Quantitative Analysis for Social Services (With Instructions for SPSS 14.0) is an attempt to "de-mythologize" a content area that is both essential for professional social service practitioners, yet dreaded by some of the most experienced among them. Using friendly, straightforward language as well as concrete illustrations and exercises from social service practice, author Vincent E. Faherty catapults students and experienced professionals to a pragmatic level where they can handle quantitative analysis for all their research and evaluation needs. Key Features Provides comprehensive coverage of the most important aspects of quantitative analysis :…

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List price: $129.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/26/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Introduction, Overview, and Nondefinitions



Levels of Data: Nominal, Ordinal, and Scale



Presenting Data in Tables



Presenting Data in Figures



The 3 Ms: Mean, Median, and Mode



Standard Deviations, Ranges, and Quartiles



Other Descriptive Statistics



Probability and Statistical Significance



Chi-Square Test of Independence



Correlation: Scattergrams



Correlation: Spearman's rho and Pearson's r



t-Test for Paired Samples



t-Test for Independent Samples



One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) With Post Hoc Tests



Nonparametric Alternatives to Common Parametric Tests



Getting Started With SPSS



SPSS Data Sets



Outline of Common Univariate and Bivariate Statistical Procedures



Outline of Common Parametric and Nonparametric Inferential Tests



Table of Random Numbers With Instructions



Glossary of Terms


Index


About the Author



Table of Random Numbers with Instructions



Glossary of Terms


About the Author