The Essentials of Statistics

A Tool for Social Research

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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This reader-friendly text presents the essentials of statistics with an applied approach. Author Joseph Healey helps readers develop skills for statistical literacy, emphasizing computational competence and the ability to read social science literature with greater comprehension.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-02-13
Mått182 x 22 x 228 mm
Vikt730 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor480
Upplaga4
FörlagCengage Learning
ISBN9781305093836

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Joseph F. Healey is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Christopher Newport University. In addition to STATISTICS: A TOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH AND DATA ANALYSIS, he is the author of RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER AND CLASS, 8th Edition (Sage, 2018 ) and DIVERSITY AND SOCIETY, 6th Edition (Sage, 2020 ) as well as co-author of several other texts. Dr. Healey earned his A.B. and M.A. from The College of William and Mary (sociology and anthropology) and his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia (sociology and anthropology). In his spare time, he plays and records music for the hammer dulcimer and banjo.

1. Introduction.Part I: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS.2. Basic Descriptive Statistics: Tables, Percentages, Ratios and Rates, and Graphs.3. Measures of Central Tendency.4. Measures of Dispersion.5. The Normal Curve.Part II: INFERENTIAL STATISTICS.6. Introduction to Inferential Statistics, the Sampling Distribution, and Estimation.7. Hypothesis Testing I: The One-Sample Case.8. Hypothesis Testing II: The Two-Sample Case.9. Hypothesis Testing III: The Analysis of Variance.10. Hypothesis Testing IV: Chi Square.Part III: BIVARIATE MEASURES OF ASSOCIATION.11. Bivariate Association for Nominal- and Ordinal-Level Variables.12, Association Between Variables Measured at the Interval-Ratio Level.