Elementary Statistics in Social Research

Name: Elementary Statistics in Social Research
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ISBN: 9780205570690

ISBN-10: 0205570690

ISBN-13: 9780205570690

Edition: 11th 2010

Authors: James Alan Fox, David R. Forde, Jack A. Levin, Jack A. Levin

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Description:

This best-selling introduction to statistical analysis in the social sciences provides the right balance of conceptual understanding and step-by-step computational techniques.

Book details

List price: $195.20
Edition: 11th
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/23/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 576
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English



All chapters end with Summary


Terms to Remember, and Questions & Problems



Why the Social Researcher Uses Statistics


The Nature of Social Research


Why Test Hypotheses?


The Stages of Social Research


Using Series of Numbers to Do Social Research


The Functions of Statistics



Description



Organizing the Data


Frequency Distributions of Nominal Data


Comparing Distributions


Proportions and Percentages


Ratios and Rates


Simple Frequency Distributions of Ordinal and Interval Data


Grouped Frequency Distributions of Interval Data


Cumulative Distributions


Percentile Ranks


Dealing with Decimal Data


More on Class Limits


Flexible Class Intervals


Cross-Tabulations


Graphic Presentations



Measures of Central Tendency


The Mode


The Median


The Mean


Taking One Step at a Time


Obtaining the Mode, Median, and Mean from a Simple Frequency Distribution


Comparing the Mode, Median, and Mean



Measures of Variability


The Range


The Inter-Quartile Range


The Variance and Standard Deviation


The Raw-Score Formula for Variance and Standard Deviation


Obtaining the Variance and Standard Deviation from a Simple Frequency Distribution


The Meaning of the Standard Deviation


Comparing Measures of Variability


Visualizing Distributions



From Description to Decision Making Chapter5Probability and the Normal Curve


Rules of Probability


Probability Distributions


The Normal Curve as a Probability Distribution


Characteristics of the Normal Curve


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