Social Statistics
The Basics and Beyond
1st Edition
Published in August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-0-415-80502-5 (ISBN)
Description
With just the right level of detail, and a graphically innovative approach, this book carefully guides students through the statistical techniques they will encounter in the real world.
The basics, plus multiple regression, interaction effects, logistic regression, non-linear effects, all covered in a non-intimidating way for your students.
The book uses three datasets throughout: General Social Survey, American National Election Studies, World Values Survey, and includes SPSS demonstrations at the end of each chapter.
Most of your students will likely take only one stats course and use only one stats book in their college careers. This one innovatively equips them for their worlds ahead, regardless of the career paths they follow.
The basics, plus multiple regression, interaction effects, logistic regression, non-linear effects, all covered in a non-intimidating way for your students.
The book uses three datasets throughout: General Social Survey, American National Election Studies, World Values Survey, and includes SPSS demonstrations at the end of each chapter.
Most of your students will likely take only one stats course and use only one stats book in their college careers. This one innovatively equips them for their worlds ahead, regardless of the career paths they follow.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
250 s/w Zeichnungen
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-415-80502-5 (9780415805025)
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Content
Part 1: The Basics 1. Data: What They Are and What We Do With Them 2. Telling Visual Stories: Tables and Graphs 3. The Center and What Surrounds It: Measures of Central Tendency and Variation 4: Speaking Beyond the Sample with Crosstabs: The Chi-Square Test 5. Speaking Beyond the Sample with a Mean or Proportion: Confidence Intervals 6. Speaking Beyond the Sample with More Than One Mean: T-Tests and ANOVA 7. Ratio-Level Relationships: Bivariate Correlation and Regression 8. Speaking Beyond the Sample with Slopes: Inference and Regression Part 2: Beyond the Basics 9. Dichotomies as Independent Variables: Reference Grouping 10. The Logic and Power of Controlling: Nested Regression Models 11. Comparing and Contrasting Regression Slopes: Beta Coefficients 12. Catching Up or Falling Behind: Interaction Effects 13. Predicting Probabilities Instead of Values: Logistic Regression 14. Telling Visual Stories with Regression: Path Analysis 15. Questioning the Greatness of Straightness: Nonlinear Relationships