Basic statistics for social workers / Robert A. Schneider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schneider, Robert A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Statistical methods.

Social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press Of America, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This revised edition was developed after teaching statistics to undergraduate and graduate social work students for over ten years. The statistical concepts that are necessary for students to know are covered, ranging from simple descriptive statistics such as crosstabs and tabular data up to a limited discussion of multiple regression.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Table of Contents

Preface to the Revised Edition

For the Instructor

Chapter One: Introduction and Variables

1. Definition of statistics

2. Three reasons to learn some statistics

3. Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data

4. Variables and Attributes

5. Practice Problems

Chapter Two: Levels of Measurement

1. Nominal Level

2. Ordinal Level Data

3. Interval Level Data

4. Ratio Level Data

Chapter Three: Data Representation

1. Frequency Tables

2. Crosstabs

3. Histograms

4. Percentiles

Chapter Four: Measures of Central Tendency

1. Mean

2. Median

3. Mode

4. Statistics and Parameters

5. Skewness

6. Practice Problems

Chapter Five: Measures of Distribution

1. Range

2. Standard Deviation and Variance

3. Z-Scores

4. Areas Under the curve

Chapter Six: Inference

1. Sampling

2. Probability and P-Values

3. Type I Error

4. Type II Error

5. Confidence Intervals

Chapter Seven: Simple Correlations

1. Pearson Product-Moment Correlations

2. Spearman and Point Biserial

3. Shared Variance and Error

4. Causality

Chapter Eight: Bivariate Regression

1. Practice Problems

Chapter Nine: Multiple Regression

1. Basics

2. Practice Problems

Chapter Ten: t-Test and One-way Analysis of Variance

1. t-Test

2. Directional t-test

3. One-Way Analysis of Variance

4. Practice Problems

Chapter Eleven: Chi Square

1. Calculating Expected Values in Chi Square

2. Fisher's Exact

3. Phi

Chapter Twelve: Single System Analysis

Tables

About the Author

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

0-7618-8632-X

1-283-61427-8

0-7618-4933-5

9786613926722

OCLC:

813285786