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Understanding statistics : an introduction for the social sciences / Daniel B. Wright.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Daniel B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Statistical methods.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications., 1997.
- Summary:
- Author Daniel B. Wright presents a comprehensive and unusually accessible introduction to using statistics in the social sciences. In a clear and engaging style, Understanding Statistics describes the most popular statistical techniques, explaining their basic principles and showing how to use them. Wright explains the theoretical relationship between statistics and research, outlining the place of statistics in the research process and introducing hypothesis testing. The author also describes the two t-tests in detail. This serves as a foundation for the rest of the book and develops skills that are called on in later chapters. Regression, analysis of variance, and two-variable tests -- the three main families of statistical tests -- are thoroughly covered. This ideal introductory textbook concludes with a guide to more advanced techniques.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-210) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0803979177
- 0803979185
- OCLC:
- 36182171
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