Understanding Social Statistics
Second Edition
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Designed to help take the fear out of the essential use of numbers in social research, this textbook introduces students to statistics as a powerful means of revealing patterns in human behaviour. The authors provide an accessible guide to quantitative data analysis including: clear explanations of all the methods; comprehensive coverage of analytic tools; an introduction to using SPSS, the most widely used statistical analysis program; examples based on real datasets - the UK General Household Survey and the World Bank's Social Indicators of Development - available to students on the World Wide Web; helpful chapter summaries; exercises at the end of each chapter; and a glossary of key terms. Understanding Social Statist
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Understanding Social Statistics, Nigel Gilbert, Jane L. Fielding
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- 2006
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- Title
- Understanding Social Statistics
- Subtitle
- Second Edition
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Nigel Gilbert, Jane L. Fielding
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Released
- 2006
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 351
- ISBN10
- 1412910544
- ISBN13
- 9781412910545
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- Business
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- 4 out of 5
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- Designed to help take the fear out of the essential use of numbers in social research, this textbook introduces students to statistics as a powerful means of revealing patterns in human behaviour. The authors provide an accessible guide to quantitative data analysis including: clear explanations of all the methods; comprehensive coverage of analytic tools; an introduction to using SPSS, the most widely used statistical analysis program; examples based on real datasets - the UK General Household Survey and the World Bank's Social Indicators of Development - available to students on the World Wide Web; helpful chapter summaries; exercises at the end of each chapter; and a glossary of key terms. Understanding Social Statist