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1 online resource (337 pages) |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 -- Introduction, Overview, and Nondefinitions; Chapter 2 -- Levels of Data: Nominal, Ordinal, and Scale; Chapter 3 -- Presenting Data in Tables; Chapter 4 -- Presenting Data in Figures; Chapter 5 -- The 3 Ms: Mean, Median, and Mode; Chapter 6 -- Standard Deviations, Ranges, and Quartiles; Chapter 7 -- Other Descriptive Statistics; Chapter 8 -- Probability and Statistical Significance; Chapter 9 -- Chi-Square Test of Independence; Chapter 10 -- Correlation: Scattergrams; Chapter 11 -- Correlation: Spearman's rho and Pearson's r |
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Chapter 12 -- t-Test for Paired SamplesChapter 13 -- t-Test for Independent Samples; Chapter 14 -- One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) With Post Hoc Tests; Chapter 15 -- Nonparametric Alternatives to Common Parametric Tests; Appendix A: Getting Started With SPSS; Appendix B: SPSS Data Sets; Appendix C: Outline of Common Univariate and Bivariate Statistical Procedures; Appendix D: Outline of Common Parametric and Nonparametric Inferential Tests; Appendix E: Table of Random Numbers With Instructions; Appendix F: Glossary of Terms; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
Compassionate Statistics: Applied Quantitative Analysis for Social Services (With Instructions for SPSS 14.0) is an attempt to "de-mythologize" a content area that is both essential for professional social service practitioners, yet dreaded by some of the most experienced among them. Using friendly, straightforward language as well as concrete illustrations and exercises from social service practice, author Vincent E. Faherty catapults students and experienced professionals to a pragmatic level where they can handle quantitative analysis for all their research and evaluation needs |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
SPSS (Computer file) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88224991
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SPSS (Computer file) fast |
| Subject |
Social service -- Statistical methods
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Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- Statistical methods
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Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- Statistical methods
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Social service -- Statistical methods
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781452244945 |
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1452244944 |
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9781483316949 |
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1483316947 |
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