Using Statistics in Social Research A Concise Approach /

• Main Author: Lynch, Scott M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Statistics.; Mathematical statistics.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.; Statistical Theory and Methods.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8573-5

This book covers applied statistics for the social sciences with upper-level undergraduate students in mind. The chapters are based on lecture notes from an introductory statistics course the author has taught for a number of years. The book integrates statistics into the research process, with earl...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• List of Symbols
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Introduction
• Overview of Research Process
• Data and Its Acquisition
• Summarizing Data with Descriptive Statistics
• Probability Theory
• Statistical Inference
• Statistical Approaches for Nominal Data
• Comparing Means Across Multiple Groups
• Correlation and Simple Regression
• Introduction to Multiple Regression
• Presenting Results of Statistical Analysis
• Conclusion
• Statistical Tables
• Answers to Selected Exercises
• References
• Index.