TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roberts,Lance W.
AU  - Wilkinson,Lori
AU  - Peter,Tracey
AU  - Edgerton,Jason
TI  - Understanding social statistics: a student's guide to navigating the maze 
SN  - 0195444299
AV  - HA29 .R686 2015
U1  - 300.15195 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Don Mills, Ontario
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Statistical methods
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Statistics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface --; Acknowledgements --; Part I; General orientation : --; 1; The location and limits of quantitative analysis --; 2; The logic of social statistics --; 3; Calculations and computers --; Part II; Univariate analysis : --; 4; Introducing univariate analysis --; 5; Measures of central tendency --; 6; Measures of dispersion --; 7; Charts and graphs --; 8; The normal curve --; Part III; Bivariate analysis : --; 9; Understanding relationships --; 10; Bivariate tables --; 11; Scatterplot analysis --; 12; Proportional reduction in error statistics --; 13; Statistics for categorical relationships --; 14; Statistics for continuous connections --; Part IV; Multivariate analysis : --; 15; Taking additional variables into account --; 16; The elaboration model --; 17; Multiple regression --; Part V; Sampling and inference : --; 18; Samples and populations --; 19; Point estimates, confidence intervals, and confidence levels --; 20; Hypothesis testing --; 21; Various significance tests --; Epilogue: a few final words --; Appendix A; Chi-square table --; Appendix B; The student's t-table --; Appendix C; Areas under the normal curve --; Answer Key --; Glossary --; Notes --; References --; Index
N2  - "Students studying statistics for the first time can often feel confused, disoriented, and lacking direction. Understanding Social Statistics is a text crafted with this reality in mind, that many students feel lost and frustrated when studying statistics-much like being in a maze.  USS acts as both a map and toolkit for navigating the maze of social statistics successfully. At every point in each chapter, students will have a clear idea of where they are and in which direction they are headed."--Publisher's website
ER  -