Beginning Statistics: An Introduction for Social ScientistsIn 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:
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Contents
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GRAPHS AND CHARTS | 23 |
AVERAGES AND PERCENTILES | 56 |
SPREADS | 78 |
TRANSFORMING DATA | 95 |
THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION | 108 |
FROM SAMPLES TO POPULATIONS | 123 |
MORE TRICKY DECISIONS | 170 |
CORRELATION AND REGRESSION | 181 |
ANALYSING TABLES WITH CATEGORICAL DATA | 201 |
CONCLUSION | 216 |
STATISTICAL TABLES | 220 |
ANSWERS TO PRACTICE QUESTIONS | 225 |
ALGEBRA AND MATHEMATICAL NOTATION EXPLAINED | 260 |
GLOSSARY | 265 |
GETTING CONFIDENT | 139 |
FUN WITH PROPORTIONS | 147 |
HOW TO DECIDE HOW TO DECIDE | 156 |
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Other editions - View all
Beginning Statistics: An Introduction for Social Scientists Liam Foster,Ian Diamond,Julie Banton Limited preview - 2014 |
Beginning Statistics: An Introduction for Social Scientists Liam Foster,Ian Diamond,Julie Banton No preview available - 2014 |
Beginning Statistics: An Introduction for Social Scientists Liam Foster,Ian Diamond,Julie Jefferies No preview available - 2014 |
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