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Understanding social statistics / Jane Fielding, Nigel Gilbert

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : SAGE Publications, 2006Edition: 2nd edDescription: viii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781412910545
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.15195 FIU
Contents:
1. Numbers, data and analysis
2. Using computers in statistics
3. Univariate statistics
4. Graphics for display
5. Measures of central tendency and dispersion
6. Graphics for analysis
7. The normal curve
8. Correlation and regression: bivariate analysis
9. Categorial data: tables
10. Sampling and inference
11. Testing Hypotheses
12. Modelling data
Summary: This is a practical introduction to statistics as a means of revealing patterns in human behaviour. It takes the fear out of the use of statistics in social research and avoids unnecessary use of mathematical concepts and techniques.
Item type: Books List(s) this item appears in: Statistics Discipline
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Books Books KU Central Library Rack No. : 05 Shelve No. : A-06 Reference Section (Non-Issuable Books) 300.15195 FIU 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-1 (NI) Not For Loan 51546
Books Books KU Central Library Rack No. : 05 Shelve No. : A-06 Reference Section (Non-Issuable Books) 300.15195 FIU 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C-2 (NI) Not For Loan 51547

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Numbers, data and analysis

2. Using computers in statistics

3. Univariate statistics

4. Graphics for display

5. Measures of central tendency and dispersion

6. Graphics for analysis

7. The normal curve

8. Correlation and regression: bivariate analysis

9. Categorial data: tables

10. Sampling and inference

11. Testing Hypotheses

12. Modelling data

This is a practical introduction to statistics as a means of revealing patterns in human behaviour. It takes the fear out of the use of statistics in social research and avoids unnecessary use of mathematical concepts and techniques.

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