The 5 Things You Need to Know about Statistics - Quantification in Ethnographic Research

Written in clear, straightforward prose, this brief volume introduces students in anthropology and other social sciences to the basic principles of statistical thinking used in quantitative ethnographic research.

Sommario

Introduction; The 5 Things You Need to Know about Statistics; Chapter 1 Measures of Central Tendency: The Arithmetic Mean; Chapter 2 Measures of Dispersion: The Standard Deviation; Chapter 3 The Logic of Statistical Significance Testing: Chi-Square; Chapter 4 The Logic of Statistical Significance Testing: Analysis of Variance; Chapter 5 The Logic of the Correlation Coefficient; Quantification in Ethnographic Research; Chapter 6 Some Additional Thoughts on the 5 Things You Need to Know about Statistics; Chapter 7 Three Analyses Extending the Concept of Correlation; Chapter 8 Integrating Quantitative Research in Anthropological Research Design; Chapter 9 Best of Luck!;

Info autore

William W Dressler

Riassunto

Written in clear, straightforward prose, this brief volume introduces students in anthropology and other social sciences to the basic principles of statistical thinking used in quantitative ethnographic research.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: William W Dressler, William W. Dressler
• Editore: Taylor and Francis
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2015
• EAN: 9781611323931
• ISBN: 978-1-61132-393-1
• Pagine: 166
• Peso: 294 g
• Illustrazioni: Farb., s/w. Abb.
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche