Compassionate statistics : applied quantitative analysis for social services : with exercises and instructions in SPSS /: applied quantitative analysis for social services : with exercises and instructions in SPSS. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Vincent E. Faherty.
• Other Names: Faherty, Vincent E (Vincent Edward), 1939-
• Contents: Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction, Overview, and Nondefinitions; 2. Levels of Data: Nominal, Ordinal, and Scale; 3. Presenting Data in Tables; 4. Presenting Data in Figures; 5. The 3 Ms: Mean, Median, and Mode; 6. Standard Deviations, Ranges, and Quartiles; 7. Other Descriptive Statistics; 8. Probability and Statistical Significance; 9. Chi-Square Test of Independence; 10. Correlation: Scattergrams; 11. Correlation: Spearman's rho and Pearson's r; 12. t-Test for Paired Samples; 13. t-Test for Independent Samples; 14. One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) With Post Hoc Tests; 15. Nonparametric Alternatives to Common Parametric Tests; Appendix A: Getting Started With SPSS; Appendix B: SPSS Data Sets; Appendix C: Outline of Common Univariate and Bivariate Statistical Procedures; Appendix D: Outline of Common Parametric and Nonparametric Inferential Tests; Appendix E: Table of Random Numbers With Instructions; Appendix F: Glossary of Terms; Index; About the Author
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (336 pages)
• Subjects: 361.00285/555; Social service -- Statistical methods; Evaluation research (Social action programs) -- Statistical methods
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483316949; 1483316947
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