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1st ed |
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1 online resource (555 pages) |
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Research Methods for the Social Sciences Ser. ; v.38 |
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Research Methods for the Social Sciences Ser
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Intro -- BASIC STATISTICS FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- About the Authors -- PART I UNIVARIATE DESCRIPTION -- Chapter 1 Using Statistics -- Why Study Statistics? -- Tasks for Statistics: Describing, Inferring, Testing, Predicting -- Describing Variation and Covariation -- Inferring to the Population -- Testing Hypotheses -- Predicting -- Statistics in the Research Process -- Theories and Social Research -- The Research Report -- Basic Elements of Research: Units of Analysis and Variables -- Units of Analysis -- Variables -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CHECK QUIZ ANSWERS -- EXERCISES -- Chapter 2 Displaying One Distribution -- Summarizing Variation in One Variable -- Frequency Distributions for Nominal Variables -- Frequency Chart Rules -- Relative Frequencies (Percentages and Proportions) -- Graphical Displays -- Frequency Distributions for Ordinal Variables -- Frequency Chart Rules -- Valid Frequencies (or in SPSS, Valid Percent) -- Cumulative Relative Frequencies -- Graphical Displays -- Frequency Distributions for Interval/Ratio Variables -- Forming Categories -- Frequency Chart Rules -- Graphical Displays -- Summarizing Data Using Excel -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CHECK QUIZ ANSWERS -- EXERCISES -- Chapter 3 Central Tendency -- The Basic Idea of Central Tendency -- The Mode -- The Mode and Nominal Data -- The Mode and Ordinal Data -- The Mode and Interval/Ratio Data -- The Median -- The Median and Ordinal Data -- The Median and Interval/Ratio Data -- The Mean -- The Mean and Interval/Ratio Data -- Working with the Mean -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CHECK QUIZ ANSWERS -- EXERCISES -- Chapter 4 Dispersion -- The Basic Idea of Dispersion -- Dispersion of Categorical Data -- The Proportion in Nonmodal Categories -- Index of Qualitative Variation -- Segregation Index (or Index of Dissimilarity) |
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Dispersion of Interval/Ratio Data -- The Range -- The Interquartile Range -- Mean Absolute Deviation -- Variance -- Standard Deviation -- Coefficient of Variation -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CHECK QUIZ ANSWERS -- EXERCISES -- Chapter 5 Describing the Shape of a Distribution -- The Basic Ideas of Distributional Shape -- The Shape of Nominal and Ordinal Distributions -- Visualizing Shape with the Box-and-Whiskers Plot -- Unimodality -- The Basic Idea -- Applying the Idea -- Skewness -- The Basic Idea -- Statistical Measures of Skewness -- Kurtosis -- The Basic Idea -- Statistical Measures of Kurtosis -- Using Excel to Calculate Skewness and Kurtosis -- Some Common Distributional Shapes -- Equal Probabilities -- Exponential Distributions -- Some Statistical Distributions: Z, t, F, and Chi-Squared -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CHECK QUIZ ANSWERS -- EXERCISES -- Chapter 6 The Normal Distribution -- Introduction to the Normal Distribution -- Properties of Normal Distributions -- Range -- Symmetry -- Unimodality -- Shape -- The Standard Normal, or Z, Distribution -- Properties of the Z Distribution -- Z-Scores Defined -- Working with Standard Normal (Z) Scores -- Calculating Standard Normal (Z) Scores -- Finding the Percentile of a Score Using Z-Scores -- Finding Areas "Under the Curve" -- Areas Beyond (More Extreme Than) a Score -- Areas between the Mean and a Score -- Areas between Two Scores -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CHECK QUIZ ANSWERS -- EXERCISES -- PART II INFERENCE AND HYPOTHESIS TESTING -- Chapter 7 Basic Ideas of Statistical Inference -- Introduction to Statistical Inference -- The Basic Problem of Inferential Statistics -- Uses of Inferential Statistics -- Sampling Concepts -- Kinds of Probability Sampling -- Sampling Error -- Sampling Distributions -- Standard Errors -- Central Tendency Estimates -- Point Estimates -- Bias and Efficiency |
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Standard Error of the Mean -- Standard Error of a Proportion -- Assessing Confidence in Point Estimates -- Selecting an Alpha Level -- Confidence Intervals -- Confidence Intervals for Means -- Confidence Intervals for Proportions -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CHECK QUIZ ANSWERS -- EXERCISES -- Chapter 8 Hypothesis Testing for One Sample -- Hypothesis Testing -- The Testing Process -- Step 1: Null Hypothesis -- Step 2: Alternative Hypotheses -- Step 3: Assumptions -- Step 4: Selecting an Error Level -- Step 5: Calculating Test Statistics -- Step 6: Making a Decision -- Tests about One Mean -- Step 1: Null Hypothesis -- Step 2: Alternative Hypotheses -- Step 3: Assumptions -- Step 4: Selecting an Error Level -- Step 5: The t-Test -- Step 6: Making a Decision -- Tests about One Proportion -- Step 1: Null Hypothesis -- Step 2: Alternative Hypotheses -- Step 3: Assumptions -- Step 4: Selecting an Error Level -- Step 5: The Test Statistic -- Step 6: Making a Decision -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CHECK QUIZ ANSWERS -- EXERCISES -- Chapter 9 Hypothesis Testing for Two Samples -- Comparing Two Groups -- Comparing Two Groups' Means -- Step 1: Null Hypothesis -- Step 2: Alternative Hypotheses -- Step 3: Assumptions -- Step 4: Selecting an Error Level -- Step 5: Computing Test Statistics: Z and t -- Step 6: Making a Decision -- Comparing Two Groups' Proportions -- Step 1: Null Hypothesis -- Step 2: Alternative Hypotheses -- Step 3: Assumptions -- Step 4: Selecting an Error Level -- Step 5: Computing Test Statistics: Z and t -- Step 6: Making a Decision -- Nonindependent Samples -- Research Designs with Nonindependent Samples -- Nonindependent Samples Test for Difference in Mean Differences -- Using Excel for Two-Sample Tests -- Unpaired or Independent t-Tests -- Paired Sample t-Tests -- Tests of Proportions -- Excel Wizardry -- Interpreting Group Differences |
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The Power of Tests -- Significance and "Significance" -- Effect Sizes -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CHECK QUIZ ANSWERS -- EXERCISES -- Chapter 10 Multiple Sample Tests of Proportions: Chi-Squared -- Comparing Proportions across Several Groups -- Testing for Multiple Group Differences -- Step 1: Null Hypothesis -- Step 2: Alternative Hypothesis -- Step 3: Assumptions -- Step 4: Selecting an Error Level -- Step 5: Calculating the Pearson Chi-Squared Test of Independence -- Step 6: Making a Decision -- Describing Group Differences -- The Strength of Group Differences -- The Form of Group Differences -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CHECK QUIZ ANSWERS -- EXERCISES -- Chapter 11 Multiple Sample Tests for Means: One-Way ANOVA -- Comparing Several Group Means with Analysis of Variance -- Analyzing Variance and the F-Test -- Step 1: Null Hypothesis -- Step 2: Alternative Hypotheses -- Step 3: Assumptions -- Step 4: Selecting an Error Level -- Analyzing Variance -- Sum of Squares Total -- Sum of Squares between Groups -- Sum of Squares within Groups -- Eta-Squared -- The F-Test -- Calculating the F-Statistic -- Mean Squares -- Degrees of Freedom -- Making a Decision -- Comparing Means -- Post Hoc Tests -- Interpreting the Scheffé Test -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CHECK QUIZ ANSWERS -- EXERCISES -- PART III ASSOCIATION AND PREDICTION -- Chapter 12 Association with Categorical Variables -- The Concept of Statistical Association -- Association with Nominal Variables -- Visualizing Nominal Association -- Significance Testing for Nominal Association -- The Strength of Nominal Association -- The Form of Nominal Association -- Association with Ordinal Variables -- Visualizing Ordinal Association -- Significance Testing for Ordinal Association -- The Strength of Ordinal Association -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CHECK QUIZ ANSWERS -- EXERCISES |
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Chapter 13 Association of Interval/Ratio Variables -- Visualizing Interval/Ratio Association -- Preparing a Scatter Plot -- Seeing Association in a Scatter Plot -- Linear and Nonlinear Association -- Significance Testing for Interval/Ratio Association -- Null Hypothesis -- Alternative Hypotheses -- Assumptions -- Selecting an Error Level -- Calculating the Test Statistic -- Making a Decision -- Strength of Interval/Ratio Association -- The Form of Linear Interval/Ratio Association -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CHECK QUIZ ANSWERS -- EXERCISES -- Chapter 14 Regression Analysis -- Predicting Outcomes with Regression -- Simple Linear Regression -- The Regression Equation -- Using Excel to Do the Calculations -- Hypothesis Tests in Regression -- Regression Assumptions -- The Error Term: Examining Residuals -- Applying Simple Regression Analysis -- Multiple Regression -- Estimating Multiple Regression with Ordinary Least Squares -- Hypotheses in Multiple Regression -- The Estimated Regression Equation -- Extending Multiple Regression -- Applying Multiple Regression -- Controlling for a Possible Spurious Effect -- Controlling for a Potential Intervening Variable -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CHECK QUIZ ANSWERS -- EXERCISES -- Chapter 15 Logistic Regression Analysis -- Predicting with Nonlinear Relationships -- Logistic Regression -- The Logistic Regression Model -- Interpreting Effects in Logistic Regression -- Estimating Logistic Regression Models with Maximum Likelihood -- Applying Logistic Regression -- Goodness of Fit in Logistic Regression -- Assessing Partial Effects -- Extending Logistic Regression -- SUMMARY -- KEY TERMS -- CHECK QUIZ ANSWERS -- EXERCISES -- APPENDIX -- Chi-Squared Distribution: Critical Values for Commonly Used Alpha=0.05 and Alpha=0.01 -- F-Distribution: Critical Values for Commonly Used Alpha=0.05 and Alpha=0.01 |
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Standard Normal Scores (Z-Scores), and Cumulative Probabilities (Proportion of Cases Having Scores below Z) |
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A core statistics text that emphasizes logical inquiry, not math Basic Statistics for Social Research teaches core general statistical concepts and methods that all social science majors must master to understand (and do) social research. Its use of mathematics and theory are deliberately limited, as the authors focus on the use of concepts and tools of statistics in the analysis of social science data, rather than on the mathematical and computational aspects. Research questions and applications are taken from a wide variety of subfields in sociology, and each chapter is organized around one or more general ideas that are explained at its beginning and then applied in increasing detail in the body of the text. Each chapter contains instructive features to aid students in understanding and mastering the various statistical approaches presented in the book, including: Learning objectives Check quizzes after many sections and an answer key at the end of the chapter Summary Key terms End-of-chapter exercises SPSS exercises (in select chapters) Ancillary materials for both the student and the instructor are available and include a test bank for instructors and downloadable video tutorials for students |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries |
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Print version: Hanneman, Robert A. Basic Statistics for Social Research
Somerset : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2012 9780470587980
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Social sciences -- Statistical methods
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Electronic books
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Kposowa, Augustine J
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Riddle, Mark D
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