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Essentials of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society

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ISBN-10: 1452205833

ISBN-13: 9781452205830

Edition: 2012

Authors: Anna Y. Leon-Guerrero, Chava Frankfort-Nachmias, Chava Frankfort-Nachmias

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Essentials of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society provides students with a briefer, less expensive version of the successful Social Statistics for a Diverse Society now in it’s Sixth Edition. As in the parent text, this briefer statistics text puts a strong emphasis on the theme of diversity which is illustrated through the use of real data in examples from contemporary social issues. The book’s informational and inviting writing style, coupled with the use of real-world examples, makes the book a more accessible and engaging resource for students.
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Book details

List price: $101.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/30/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 7.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Anna Leon-Guerrero is a Professor of Sociology at Pacific Lutheran University in Washington. Shenbsp;received her PhD in sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles. She teaches coursesnbsp;in statistics, social theory, and social problems. Her areas of research and publications include familynbsp;business, social welfare policy, and social service program evaluation. She is also the author ofnbsp; Social Problems: Community, Policy, and Social Action .

Chava Frankfort-Nachmias is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is the coauthor of Research Methods in the Social Sciences (with David Nachmias),nbsp;coeditor of Sappho in the Holy Land (with Erella Shadmi) and numerous publications on ethnicitynbsp;and development, urban revitalization, science and gender, and women in Israel. She was thenbsp;recipient of the University of Wisconsin System teaching improvement grant on integrating race,nbsp;ethnicity, and gender into the social statistics and research methods curriculum. She is also thenbsp;coauthor (with Anna Leon-Guerrero) of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society .

About the Authors
Preface
The What and Why of Statistics
The Organization and Graphic Presentation of Data
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Variability
The Normal Distribution
Sampling, Sampling Distributions, and Estimation
Testing Hypotheses
Relationships Between Two Variables: Cross-Tabulation
Regression and Correlation
Analysis of Variance
The Standard Normal Table
Distribution of t
Distribution of Chi-Square
Distribution of F
a Basic Math Review
Learning Check Solutions
Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises
Glossary
Notes
Index