Interpreting Data (Book Alone) [Paperback]

Peter M. Nardi (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0205439195 | ISBN-13: 978-0205439195 | Publication Date: April 9, 2005

Written in a non-technical, everyday language, this supplementary bookhelps readers learn about and practice working with graphs and tables of numbers found in popular and scholarly publications, and understand the output from statistical software.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Interpreting Data: A Guide to Understanding Research is a little book that serves its mission well."

Teaching Sociology, Volume 34, 2006

Review by Susanne Morgan, Ithaca College

 

Interpreting Data is straightforward, and an instructor could use it to devise exercises in locating and analyzing sources. With its companion Research Navigator Guide, this book could be a particularly valuable package for a research methods or statistics course that requires students to find sources, analyze their structure, understand the data presented, and write competently.

Teaching Sociology, Volume 34, 2006

Review by Susanne Morgan, Ithaca College

 

 

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

Written in non-technical, everyday language, this supplementary text is a quick guide to understanding data. Readers will learn about and practice working with graphs and tables found in popular and scholarly publications, and understand the output from statistical software.

Statistics, tables, graphs, and figures discussed are presented in four steps:

1. Defining it
2. Describing where it should or should not be used.
3. Showing how it is used in a popular magazine or newspaper, academic journal, or in output from SPSS software.
4. Discussing how to interpret its meaning.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon (April 9, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0205439195
• ISBN-13: 978-0205439195
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #380,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Peter Nardi, PhD is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Pitzer College, a member of the Claremont Colleges, and Past Director of Institutional Research and Past Associate Dean of Faculty. Currently writing a critical thinking blog at Miller-McCune online magazine:
http://www.miller-mccune.com/author/pnardi/

He is a survey research consultant: [e-mail]
Developing and assisting in writing questionnaires and surveys * Analyzing data: basic statistics using SPSS * Interpreting data: making sense of the numbers & statistics * Writing reports: professional language as well as for a general audience * Presenting data: developing charts & graphs