Answering Questions With Statistics

Robert F. Szafran
Answering Questions With Statistics
October 2011 | 456 pages | Sage US
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Description

Finally, an introductory statistics text that provides broad coverage, limited theory, clear explanations, plenty of practice opportunities, and examples that engage today's students!

Using General Social Survey data from 1980 and 2010, this textbook asks students to consider how young adults have changed over the last 30 years. Students learn to select an appropriate data analysis technique, carry out the analysis, and draw conclusions.



Contents

About the Author

About the Author

Preface

Preface

Part 1. Getting Started

  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Data Sets

Part 2. Descriptive Statistics: Answering Questions About Your Data

  • Chapter 3. Frequency Tables and Univariate Charts
  • Chapter 4. Central Tendency and Dispersion
  • Chapter 5. Creating New Variables
  • Chapter 6. Comparing Group Means
  • Chapter 7. Crosstab Tables
  • Chapter 8. Nominal and Ordinal Measures of Association
  • Chapter 9. Pearson's Correlation and Bivariate Regression
  • Chapter 10. Multiple Regression

Part 3. Inferential Statistics: Answering Questions About Populations

  • Chapter 11. Sampling Distributions and Normal Distributions
  • Chapter 12. Hypothesis Testing and One-Sample t Tests
  • Chapter 13. Paired- and Independent-Samples t Tests
  • Chapter 14. Analysis of Variance
  • Chapter 15. Chi-Square
  • Chapter 16. Hypothesis Testing With Measures of Association and Regression
  • Glossary
  • Index

Description

Finally, an introductory statistics text that provides broad coverage, limited theory, clear explanations, plenty of practice opportunities, and examples that engage today's students!

Using General Social Survey data from 1980 and 2010, this textbook asks students to consider how young adults have changed over the last 30 years. Students learn to select an appropriate data analysis technique, carry out the analysis, and draw conclusions.



Contents

About the Author

About the Author

Preface

Preface

Part 1. Getting Started

  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Data Sets

Part 2. Descriptive Statistics: Answering Questions About Your Data

  • Chapter 3. Frequency Tables and Univariate Charts
  • Chapter 4. Central Tendency and Dispersion
  • Chapter 5. Creating New Variables
  • Chapter 6. Comparing Group Means
  • Chapter 7. Crosstab Tables
  • Chapter 8. Nominal and Ordinal Measures of Association
  • Chapter 9. Pearson's Correlation and Bivariate Regression
  • Chapter 10. Multiple Regression

Part 3. Inferential Statistics: Answering Questions About Populations

  • Chapter 11. Sampling Distributions and Normal Distributions
  • Chapter 12. Hypothesis Testing and One-Sample t Tests
  • Chapter 13. Paired- and Independent-Samples t Tests
  • Chapter 14. Analysis of Variance
  • Chapter 15. Chi-Square
  • Chapter 16. Hypothesis Testing With Measures of Association and Regression
  • Glossary
  • Index
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Answering Questions With Statistics

Robert F. Szafran
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October 2011 | 456 pages | Sage US

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Finally, an introductory statistics text that provides broad coverage, limited theory, clear explanations, plenty of practice opportunities, and examples that engage today's students!

Using General Social Survey data from 1980 and 2010, this textbook asks students to consider how young adults have changed over the last 30 years. Students learn to select an appropriate data analysis technique, carry out the analysis, and draw conclusions.




Table Of Contents:

  • About the Author
  • Preface
  • Part 1. Getting Started
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Data Sets
  • Part 2. Descriptive Statistics: Answering Questions About Your Data
  • Chapter 3. Frequency Tables and Univariate Charts
  • Chapter 4. Central Tendency and Dispersion
  • Chapter 5. Creating New Variables
  • Chapter 6. Comparing Group Means
  • Chapter 7. Crosstab Tables
  • Chapter 8. Nominal and Ordinal Measures of Association
  • Chapter 9. Pearson's Correlation and Bivariate Regression
  • Chapter 10. Multiple Regression
  • Part 3. Inferential Statistics: Answering Questions About Populations
  • Chapter 11. Sampling Distributions and Normal Distributions
  • Chapter 12. Hypothesis Testing and One-Sample t Tests
  • Chapter 13. Paired- and Independent-Samples t Tests
  • Chapter 14. Analysis of Variance
  • Chapter 15. Chi-Square
  • Chapter 16. Hypothesis Testing With Measures of Association and Regression
  • Glossary
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

“This is a very student-friendly text. The author has succeeded in writing a basic statistics text that is inviting rather than off-putting.”
Michael J. Handel, Northeastern University
“Accessible and approachable, this book makes a conscious effort to appeal to contemporary social science students who may not have a strong affinity for mathematics.”
Meena Chary, University of South Florida
“I truly value the ease with which the author conveys oftentimes confusing and scary information to students.”
Noelle E. Fearn, Saint Louis University
“Those looking for a full integration of the theory of statistics and its application (through SPSS) will find no better book that this one.”
Steven G. Prus, Carleton University
“The text proceeds in a logical order, building upon what was covered earlier. This is one of its strong suits: it presents the topics in a logical, practical order. It also covers the necessary statistics.”
Charles N. Coleman, University of New Haven

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