Statistics for social understanding : with Stata and SPSS /: with Stata and SPSS. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nancy Whitter, Tina Wildhagen, Howard J. Gold.
• Authors: Whittier, Nancy, 1966-; Wildhagen, Tina, 1980-; Gold, Howard J, 1958-
• Contents: Introduction -- Getting to know your data : frequency distributions and visual representations of data -- Examining relationships between two variables : cross-tabulations -- Typical values in a group : measures of central tendency -- The diversity of values in a group : measures of variability -- Probability and the normal distribution -- From sample to population : sampling distributions and the central limit theorem -- Estimating a population parameter : confidence intervals -- Differences between samples and populations : one-sample hypothesis tests -- Comparing groups : two-sample hypothesis tests -- Testing mean differences among multiple groups : analysis of variance -- Testing the statistical significance of relationships in cross-tabulations : the chi-square test -- Ruling out competing explanations for relationships between variables : control variables and the logic of causality -- Describing linear relationships between variables : correlation and regression.
• Publisher Details: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 519.5; Statistics; Social sciences -- Statistical methods; Social sciences -- Statistical methods; Statistics; MATHEMATICS / Applied; MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538109847; 1538109840
• Related ISBNs: 9781538109823
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 21, 2019).
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