Beginning statistics : an introduction for social scientists

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    • Foster, Liam
    • Diamond, Ian
    • Jefferies, Julie

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Beginning statistics : an introduction for social scientists

Liam Foster, Ian Diamond, Julie Jefferies

SAGE, 2015

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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Previous edition: 2001

Includes bibliographical references and index

Also issued online

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In the Second Edition of this bestselling textbook, the authors use real-world examples to introduce basic principles in statistics with no prior knowledge or experience assumed. With an emphasis on describing concepts, showing through example and illustrating points with graphs and displays, this book will provide readers with a step-by-step introduction to using statistics. Chapters address the following questions: Why bother learning statistics in the first place and are they relevant to real life? How do I make sensible tables and informative graphs? What are descriptive and inferential statistics and how are they used? What are regression and correlation anyway?

Table of Contents

Introduction: Are Statistics Relevant to Real Life? Data and Table Manners Graphs and Charts Averages and Percentiles Spreads Transforming Data The Normal Distribution From Samples to Populations Getting Confident Fun with Proportions How to Decide How to Decide More Tricky Decisions Correlation and Regression Analysing Tables with Categorical Data Conclusion Appendix 1 Statistical Tables Appendix 2 Answers to Practice Questions Appendix 3 Algebra and Mathematical Notation Explained

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