Statistics for the Social Sciences

Name: Statistics for the Social Sciences
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ISBN: 9781412905466

ISBN-10: 141290546X

ISBN-13: 9781412905466

Edition: 3rd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: R. Mark Sirkin

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Do your students lack confidence in their ability to handle quantitative work? Are they unsure about how best to use SAS, SPSS, and Excel programs? The new edition of the bestselling textbook Statistics for the Social Sciences is the solution. The previous editions of this book were popular with instructors because they helped build students' confidence and ability in doing statistical analysis, by slowly moving from concepts that require little computational work to those that require more. In this new edition, author R. Mark Sirkin demonstrates how statistics can be used so that the students come to appreciate their usefulness rather than fearing them. Key Features of the Third Edition: …

Book details

List price: $179.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/17/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 632
Size: 7.30" wide x 9.00" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English

Areas of Expertise: Contemporary Middle East, especially Arab-Israel Relations Quantitative Methods



How We Reason


Levels of Measurement and Forms of Data


Defining Variables


Measuring Central Tendency


Measuring Dispersion


Constructing and Interpreting Contingency Tables


Statistical Inference and Tests of Significance


Probability Distributions and One-Sample z and t Tests


Two-Sample t Tests


One-Way Analysis of Variance


Measuring Association in Contingency Tables


The Chi-Square Test


Correlation and Regression Analysis


Additional Aspects of Correlation and Regression Analysis