Basic Statistics for Social Research December 2012, Jossey-Bass
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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 statistica