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Starting statistics : a short, clear guide / Neil Burdess.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burdess, Neil.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Statistics.
- Social sciences--Statistical methods.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 187 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; London : SAGE, c2010.
- Los Angeles : SAGE, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This guide presents an accessible, humorous and easy introduction to statistics for social science students. Neil Burdess shows that statistics are not the result of some mysterious 'black magic', but rather the result of some very basic arithmetic.
- Contents:
- COVER; Contents; Part One - Measurement; 1 Introducing measurement; 2 Measuring numbers; 3 Measuring categories; Part Two - Standardisation; 4 Introducing standardisation; 5 Standardising categories; 6 Standardising numbers; Part Three - Correlations; 7 Introducing correlations; 8 Correlations between categories; 9 Correlations between numbers; Part Four - Sampling and estimation; 10 Introducing sampling; 11 Estimating numbers; 12 Estimating categories; Part Five - Hypothesis testing; 13 Introducing hypothesis testing; 14 Hypotheses about categories; 15 Hypotheses about numbers; 16 Hypotheses about categories and numbers; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613289360
- 9781446287873
- 1446287874
- 9781283289368
- 1283289369
- 9781446200322
- 1446200329
- OCLC:
- 699474194
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