Elementary Statistics in Social Research

Provides an understanding of statistics in the social sciences.

This best-selling introduction to statistical analysis in the social sciences provides the right balance of conceptual understanding and step-by-step computational techniques. The eleventh edition of Elementary Statistics in Social Research is written to be understandable to all readers, particularly those without a strong background in mathematics.

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Learning Goals

Upon completing this book, readers will be able to:

• Develop an understanding of the importance of statistics in the social sciences.

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Brief Table of Contents:

Chapter 1:   Why the Social Researcher Uses Statistics

PART ONE:  Description

Chapter 2:   Organizing the Data

Chapter 3:   Measures of Central Tendency 

Chapter 4:   Measures of Variability

PART TWO: From Description to Decision Making

Chapter 5:   Probability and the Normal Curve

Chapter 6:   Samples and Populations

PART THREE: Decision Making 

Chapter 7:   Testing Differences between Means

Chapter 8:   Analysis of Variance

Chapter 9:   Nonparametric Tests of Significance  

PART FOUR: From Decision Making to Association

Chapter 10:   Correlation

Chapter 11:   Regression Analysis

Chapter 12:  Nonparametric Measures of Correlation

PART FIVE:  Applying Statistics

Chapter 13:  Choosing Statistical Procedures for Research Problems

APPENDICES     

Appendix A   Introduction to SPSS

Appendix B  A Review of Some Fundamentals of Mathematics

Appendix C  Tables

Appendix D  List of Formulas

Glossary

Answers to Problems

Index