Statistics and data analysis for social science. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Eric J. Krieg.
• Other Names: Krieg, Eric J
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Chapter 1: Concepts, Variables, and Measurement; Introduction; Concepts; Why Statistics?; Variables; Measurement; Graphical Representation of Data (What Data “Look” Like); Validity and Reliability; Chapter Summary; Chapter 2: Frequency Tables; Introduction; Toxic Waste and “Superfund”; Frequency Tables; Superfund Sites: Frequency Table for a Nominal Variable; Frequency Table for an Ordinal Variable; Frequency Table for an Interval/Ratio Variable; Chapter Summary; Chapter 3: Measures of Central Tendency; Introduction; Averages and Energy Consumption; Definitions of Mode, Median, and Mean; Calculating Measures of Central Tendency With Raw Data; Calculating Measures of Central Tendency With Grouped Data; Chapter Summary; Chapter 4: Measures of Dispersion; Introduction; The Distribution of Education in the United States; Range; Interquartile Range; Mean Absolute Deviation; Variance (S2); Standard Deviation (S); Standard Deviation and the Normal Curve; Chapter Summary; Chapter 5: Probability and the Normal Curve; Introduction; Intelligence, Life Chances, and Inequality; The Fundamentals of Probability; Probability Using Frequency Tables; Probability and the Normal Curve; Using z-Scores to Find Percentiles; Chapter Summary; Chapter 6: Probability—From Samples to Statistics; Introduction; The Politics of Sampling: Global Warming and Political Party Affiliation; Sampling and Statistics; The Standard Error of the Mean; The Standard Error of the Proportion; Other Confidence Intervals; The t Distribution; Hypotheses and Testing Differences Between Means; Potential Errors: Type I and Type II; Chapter Summary; Chapter 7: Cross-tabulation and Chi-Square; Introduction; The “Environmental Decade”; Cross-tabulation Tables; Cross-tabulation and the Chi-Square Test of Statistical Significance; Chapter Summary; Chapter 8: Measures of Association for Categorical Variables; Introduction; Social Institutions and Social Control; Nominal Measures of Association; Ordinal Measures of Association; Chapter Summary; Chapter 9: Analysis of Variance; Introduction; Smoking on Campus; Analysis of Variance; Chapter Summary; Chapter 10: Correlation and Regression; Introduction; Unequal America; Scatterplots: The Underlying Logic Behind Correlation; Correlation; Linear Regression; Chapter Summary; Appendix; Answers to Chapter Exercises; Answers to In-Class Exercises; Glossary; References; Index;
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (456 pages)
• Subjects: 519.5; Social sciences -- Statistical methods -- Textbooks; Statistics -- Textbooks
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544352671; 1544352670
• Related ISBNs: 9781544352657
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