Understanding Statistics - An Introduction for the Social Sciences

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. 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. 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

Product details

• Authors: Wright, Daniel B. Wright, Wright Daniel B.
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.11.1996
• EAN: 9780803979185
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-7918-5
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Probability theory, stochastic theory, mathematical statistics; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics, Quantitative/Statistical Research