Understanding Statistics - An Introduction for the Social Sciences

In this comprehensive introduction to using statistics in the social sciences, Daniel B Wright describes the most popular statistical techniques, explaining their basic principles and demonstrating their use in a wide range of social research.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE
Statistics in Social Science Research
Introduction to Hypothesis Testing
PART TWO
Comparing the Means of Paired Data
Comparing the Means of Two Groups
PART THREE
Introducing Regression and Correlation
Comparing Many Means
The Analysis of Variance Approach
Comparing Proportions
PART FOUR
Advanced Techniques

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Daniel B. Wright is Professor of Educational Assessment, in the Department of Educational Psychology and Higher Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His interests are in methodology and applied cognitive science.

Zusammenfassung

In this comprehensive introduction to using statistics in the social sciences, Daniel B Wright describes the most popular statistical techniques, explaining their basic principles and demonstrating their use in a wide range of social research.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Wright, Daniel B. Wright, Wright Daniel B.
• Verlag: Sage Publications
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 25.11.1996
• EAN: 9780803979178
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-7917-8
• Seiten: 240
• Gewicht: 510 g
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Mathematik > Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie, Stochastik, Mathematische Statistik; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Quantitative/Statistical Research