
The Joy of Stats
A Short Guide to Introductory Statistics in the Social Sciences
Roberta Garner(Author)
University of Toronto Press
2nd Edition
Published on 1. April 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
335 pages
978-1-4426-0037-9 (ISBN)
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This short but thorough guide approaches statistics with a sense of fun and intellectual excitement. Writing in a relaxed and conversational manner, Garner encourages even the most math-aversive readers to think about statistical material in words and to understand formulas in terms of concepts. This discursive approach to math and an insistence on linking concepts, formulas, and empirical examples in a holistic manner allows readers to choose their own routes to learning math-related ideas. As a stand-alone text, a self-study manual, or a supplement to a lab manual or comprehensive text, The Joy of Stats offers a unique and versatile teaching tool. A "Math-Refresher" section and self-assessment test offer a concise review of all the needed math background. A "How-To?" section provides short handy summaries of data analysis techniques and explains when to apply them. Each chapter offers key terms, numerous examples--including real-world data--practice exercises and answers, and verbal algorithms as well as formulas. The result is an unrivalled guide for students of social science as well as for practitioners and policy-makers.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-0037-9 (9781442600379)
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Roberta Garner
The Joy of Stats
A Very Short Guide to Introductory Statistics for the Social Sciences
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04/2005
2nd Edition
Broadview Press Ltd
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Roberta Garner is Professor of Sociology at DePaul University. She is the author of Social Theory: Continuity and Confrontation (University of Toronto Press), Contemporary Movements and Ideologies (McGraw Hill), and The Joy of Stats (University of Toronto Press). She is also one of the co-editors of The New Chicago: A Social and Cultural Analysis (Temple University Press).