Exploring the World through Social Statistics
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2012
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 310
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Exploring the World through Social Statistics will provide students with a guide to understanding statistics and how it can be used to make sense of the social world. This course introduces students to the application of statistical analysis to social data. Throughout this text students learn:
- The various methods for sorting, describing, and exploring data, as well as hypothesis testing.
- How to distinguish the types of data that are used and how to select the appropriate statistical method to analyze the final product.
- How to use the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS)
Each chapter in this book provides exercises for students to use to learn the techniques required for class. These exercises include math, SPSS skills, and interpretation questions. At the end of this course, students should feel comfortable using not only math, but also, computer resources to manipulate and analyze data.
Chapter One – Introduction
Chapter Two – Organizing Data
Chapter Three – Measures of Central Tendency
Chapter Four – Variability
Chapter Five – Probability, the Normal Distribution, and Estimation
Chapter Six – Testing the Significance of Means
Chapter Seven – Chi-Square Tests
Chapter Eight – ANOVA
Chapter Nine – Correlation
Chapter Ten – Bivariate Regression
Chapter Eleven – Multiple Regression
Chapter Twelve – Nonlinear Regression
Chapter Thirteen – Data Reduction
Chapter Fourteen – Structural Equation Modeling
Glossary
Appendix A - Tables