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Beginning statistics an introduction for social scientists Liam Foster, Ian Diamond, Julie Jefferies.

By: Diamond, Ian.
Contributor(s): Foster, Liam | Jefferies, Julie.
Publisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2012Edition: Second edition.Description: xxii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Media type: unmediated ISBN: 9781446280690; 1446280691; 9781446280706; 1446280705.Subject(s): Social sciences -- Statistical methods | Statistics -- MethodologyDDC classification: Prof. 519.5 F7559b 2012
Contents:
Are statistics relevant to real life? -- Data and table manners -- Graphs and charts -- Averages and percentiles -- Spreads -- Transforming data -- The normal distribution -- From samples to populations -- Getting confident -- Fun with proportions -- How to decide how to decide -- More tricky decisions -- Correlation and regression -- Analysing tables with categorical data -- Conclusion -- Statistical tables -- Answers to practice questions -- Algebra and mathematical notation explained.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-277) and index.

Are statistics relevant to real life? -- Data and table manners -- Graphs and charts -- Averages and percentiles -- Spreads -- Transforming data -- The normal distribution -- From samples to populations -- Getting confident -- Fun with proportions -- How to decide how to decide -- More tricky decisions -- Correlation and regression -- Analysing tables with categorical data -- Conclusion -- Statistical tables -- Answers to practice questions -- Algebra and mathematical notation explained.

500-599 Social sciences