The Essentials of Statistics A Tool for Social Research

by Healey, Joseph F.

• ISBN13: 9780495601432
• ISBN10: 0495601438
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-03
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Known for his exceptional and user-friendly writing style, Joseph Healey's new book provides the essentials of statistics, makes no assumptions about the reader's knowledge of math, and is very applied in its approach. The book's primary emphasis is on developing the reader's skills to become 'statistically literate,' with computational competence and the ability to read social science literature with greater comprehension.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Descriptive Statistics

Basic Descriptive Statistics: Percentages, Ratios and Rates, Frequency Distributions

Charts and Graphs

Measures of Central Tendency

Measures of Dispersion

The Normal Curve

Inferential Statistics

Introduction to Inferential Statistics, the Sampling Distribution, and Estimation

Hypothesis Testing I: The One-Sample Case

Hypothesis Testing II: The Two-Sample Case

Hypothesis Testing III: The Analysis of Variance

Hypothesis Testing IV: Chi Square

Measures Of Association

Introduction to Bivariate Association and Measures of Association for Variables Measured at the Nominal Level

Association Between Variables Measured at the Ordinal Level

Association Between Variables Measured at the Interval-Ratio Level

Multivariate Techniques

Partial Correlation and Multiple Regression and Correlation

Area Under the Normal Curve

Distribution of t

Distribution of Chi Square

Distribution of F

Using Statistics: Ideas for Research Projects

An Introduction to SPSS for Windows

Code Book for the General Social Survey, 2006

Glossary of Symbols

Answers to Odd-Numbered Computational Problems

Glossary

Index

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