| Description |
xviii, 540 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction. Pt. I. Descriptive statistics. Ch. 2. Basic descriptive statistics: percentage, ratios and rates, tables, charts, and graphs -- Ch. 3. Measures of central tendency -- Ch. 4. Measures of dispersion -- Ch. 5. The normal curve. Pt. II. Inferential statistics. Ch. 6. Introduction to inferential statistics: sampling and the sampling distribution -- Ch. 7. Estimation procedures -- Ch. 8. Hypothesis testing I: the one-sample case -- Ch. 9. Hypothesis testing II: the two-sample case -- Ch. 10. Hypothesis testing III: the analysis of variance -- Ch. 11. Hypothesis testing IV: nonparametric tests for variables measured at the ordinal level -- Ch. 12. Hypothesis testing V: chi square. Pt. III. Measures of association. Ch. 13. Bivariate association: introduction and basic concepts -- Ch. 14. Association between variables measured at the nominal level -- Ch. 15. Association between variables measured at the ordinal level -- Ch. 16. Association between variables measured at the interval-ration level. Pt. IV: Multivariate techniques. Ch. 17. Elaborating bivariate tables -- Ch. 18. Partial correlation and multiple regression and correlation. App. A. Area under the normal curve -- App. B. Distribution of t -- App. C. Distribution of chi square -- App. D. Distribution of F.-- App. E. A table of random numbers -- App. F. Introduction to 'SPSS for windows' -- App. G. Code book for the general social survey -- App. H. Basic mathematics review -- Answers to odd-numbered computational problems |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Social sciences -- Statistical methods.
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| LC no. |
98020186 |
| ISBN |
0534552609 |
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