Popular in previous editions, this Third Edition continues to help build students' confidence and ability in doing statistical analysis by slowly moving from concepts that require little computational work to those that require more. Author R. Mark Sirkin once again demonstrates how statistics can be used so that students come to appreciate their usefulness rather than fear them. Statistics for the Social Sciences emphasizes the analysis and interpretation of data to give students a feel for how data interpretation is related to the methods by which the information was obtained.
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This is a comprehensive book covering all the major topics that a student would need for the statistics modules in various social science courses. Managers need to have an understanding of statistics so that they are able to manipulate the numerous masses of data that come their way into meaningful and useful information that they can employ in making decisions in organisations.
The author presented the material in the book in a clear and in-depth manner, making it suitable for social science students studying statistics or carrying out research required statistical manipulations. The author also provided several examples and exercises that should assist the reader in consolidating his/her understanding of the concepts described in the book. Most managers are consumers rather than producers of statistical information. This book equips you with the expertise to enable you to be an informed consumer who knows the right questions to ask and the kind of information to request from those who produce the statistical information in the organization.
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Excellent presentation of complicated subject. For many people stats are intimidating. This book is the clearest presentation I've seen
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Sometimes I wish I were not a political scientist. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
directionality assumption, low political rights, unequal population variances, partial regression slope, nominal dichotomy, volunteer work time, contains more cases, lambda symmetric, cloudy sky conditions, ungrouped frequency distribution, definitional formula, directional alternative hypothesis, divides scores, category adjacent, exact straight line, assignment errors, partial tables, median position, leaf display, research significance, range box, sampling distribution, grand mean, true null hypothesis, regression formula Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Total High, Total Count, Mean Std, Frequency Col Pct, Squares Square, Corruption Perceptions Index, Pearson Correlation, Tools Data Analysis, Corrected Total, Day Night, Lambda Asymmetric, Pearson Education, Procedure Model, Race Gender White Nonwhite Attitude, Fisher's Exact Test, High Medium Low High, New York, Corr Type, Death Penalty For Against Total Supports, House of Representatives, Number of Observations Read, Number of Observations Used, Parameter Standard Variable Estimate Error Type, Telephone Lines Per New!
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Sometimes I wish I were not a political scientist. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
directionality assumption, low political rights, unequal population variances, partial regression slope, nominal dichotomy, volunteer work time, contains more cases, lambda symmetric, cloudy sky conditions, ungrouped frequency distribution, definitional formula, directional alternative hypothesis, divides scores, category adjacent, exact straight line, assignment errors, partial tables, median position, leaf display, research significance, range box, sampling distribution, grand mean, true null hypothesis, regression formula Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Total High, Total Count, Mean Std, Frequency Col Pct, Squares Square, Corruption Perceptions Index, Pearson Correlation, Tools Data Analysis, Corrected Total, Day Night, Lambda Asymmetric, Pearson Education, Procedure Model, Race Gender White Nonwhite Attitude, Fisher's Exact Test, High Medium Low High, New York, Corr Type, Death Penalty For Against Total Supports, House of Representatives, Number of Observations Read, Number of Observations Used, Parameter Standard Variable Estimate Error Type, Telephone Lines Per New!
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- Global Studies: The Middle East, 10th Edition (Global Studies) by William J Spencer in Front Matter, and page 124
- Middle East Review: All the Central Asia States of the Former USSR, Plus Countries Such as Libya, Egypt and Algeria by Hunter Publishing in Front Matter, and page 124
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- Numerical Issues in Statistical Computing for the Social Scientist (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics) by Micah Altman in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Research Methods for Managers by John Gill on page 122, and Back Matter
- Theses and Dissertations: A Guide to Planning, Research, and Writing by Dale L. Brubaker on page 125, and page 206
- Political Culture in Libya by Amal S M Obeidi on page 84, and Back Matter
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