Just Plain Data Analysis - Finding, Presenting, and Interpreting Social Science Data

Informationen zum Autor By Gary M. Klass Klappentext Just Plain Data Analysis is designed to teach students statistical literacy skills that they can use to evaluate and construct arguments about public affairs issues grounded in numerical evidence. With a new chapter on statistical fallacies and updates throughout the text, the new edition teaches students how to find, interpret, and present commonly used social indicators in an even clearer and more practical way. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceChapter 1: Measuring Political, Social and Economic ConditionsChapter 2: Measuring Racial and Ethnic InequalityChapter 3: Statistical Fallacies, Paradoxes and Threats to ValidityChapter 4: Examining a Relationship: New York City Crime RatesChapter 5: Tabulating the Data and Writing about the NumbersChapter 6: The Graphical Display of DataChapter 7: Voting and ElectionsChapter 8: Measuring Educational AchievementChapter 9: Measuring Poverty and Inequality

Product details

• Authors: Gary M. Klass, Klass Gary M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 18 to 22
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.04.2012
• EAN: 9781442215085
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-1508-5
• No. of pages: 202
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Political science & theory, Social research & statistics, Political science and theory, Probability & statistics, Probability and statistics, Social research and statistics, Data analysis: general, Data science and analysis: general