The essentials of statistics : a tool for social research
Healey's practical, easy-to-follow book explains the basics of statistics, emphasizing practical application and skill development rather than complicated math. The text's numerous study tools help you review concepts and prepare for examinations
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| Language: | English |
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Belmont, California :
Wadsworth Cengage Learning ,
c2013
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| Edition: | 3rd ed |
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Descriptive statistics percentages, ratios and rates, tables, charts, and graphs
- 3. Measures of central tendency
- 4. Measures of dispersion
- 5. The normal curve
- 6. Introduction to inferential statistics, the sampling distribution, and estimation
- 7. Hypothesis testing I
- 8. Hypothesis testing II
- 9. Hypothesis testing III
- 10. Hypothesis testing IV
- 11. Association between variables measured at the nominal level
- 12. Association between variables measured at the ordinal level
- 13. Association between variables measured at the interval-ratio level
- 14. Partial correlation and multiple regression and correlation