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Statistics for social understanding : with Stata and SPSS / Nancy Whitter, Tina Wildhagen, Howard J. Gold.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whittier, Nancy, 1966- author.
- Wildhagen, Tina, 1980- author.
- Gold, Howard J., 1958- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stata.
- Statistics.
- Social sciences--Statistical methods.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 21, 2019).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the School of Medicine Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Whittier, Nancy, 1966- author. Statistics for social understanding
- ISBN:
- 9781538109847
- 1538109840
- Publisher Number:
- 99979627761
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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