Title:
Elementary statistics in social research
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Edition:
7th ed
Publication Information:
New York : Longman, 1997
ISBN:
9780673981172
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Table of Contents
| 1 Why the Social Researcher Uses Statistics |
| The Nature of Social Research |
| Why Test Hypotheses? |
| The Stages of Social Research |
| Using Series of Numbers to Do Social Research |
| Functions of Statistics |
| Looking at the Larger Picture: A Student Survey |
| I |
| 2 Organizing the Data |
| Frequency Distributions of Nominal Data |
| Comparing Distributions |
| Proportions and Percentages |
| Ratios and Rates |
| Simple Frequency Distributions of Ordinal and Interval Data |
| Grouped Frequency Distributions of Interval Data |
| Cumulative Distributions |
| Percentile Ranks |
| Dealing with Decimal Data |
| Flexible Class Intervals |
| Cross-Tabulations |
| Graphic Presentations |
| 3 Measures of Central Tendency |
| The Mode |
| The Median |
| The Mean |
| Taking One Step at a Time |
| Comparing the Mode, Median, and Mean |
| Obtaining the Mode, Median, and Mean from a Simple Frequency Distribution |
| Obtaining the Mode, Median, and Mean from a Grouped Frequency Distribution |
| Step-by-Step Study Guide: Mode, Median, and Mean for Raw Scores |
| 4 Measures of Variability |
| The Range |
| The Mean Deviation |
| The Variance and Standard Deviation |
| The Raw-Score Formula for Variance and Standard Deviation |
| The Meaning of the Standard Deviation |
| Comparing Measures of Variability |
| Obtaining the Variance and Standard Deviation from a Simple Frequency Distribution |
| Obtaining the Variance and Standard Deviation from a Grouped Frequency Distribution |
| Step-by-Step Study Guide: Variance and Standard Deviation for Raw Scores |
| Looking at the Larger Picture: Describing Data |
| II From Description To Decision Making |
| 5 Probability and the Normal Curve |
| Rules of Probability |
| Probability Distributions |
| The Normal Curve as a Probability Distribution |
| Characteristics of the Normal Curve |
| The Model and the Reality of the Normal Curve |
| The Area Under the Normal Curve |
| Standard Scores and the Normal Curve |
| Finding Probability Under the Normal Curve |
| Obtaining Percentile Ranks from the Normal Curve |
| Step-by-Step Study Guide: Probability Under the Normal Curve |
| Step-by-Step Study Guide: Percentile Ranks from the Normal Curve |
| 6 Samples and Populations |
| Sampling Methods |
| Sampling Error |
| Sampling Distribution of Means |
| Standard Error of the Mean |
| Confidence Intervals |
| The t Distribution |
| Estimating Proportions |
| Step-by-Step Study Guide: Confidence Interval for the Mean Using z |
| Step-by-Step Study Guide: Confidence Interval for the Mean Using t |
| Step-by-Step Study Guide: Confidence Interval for the Proportion |
| Looking at the Larger Picture: Generalizing from Samples to Populations |
| III |
| 7 Testing Differences Between Means |
| The Null Hypothesis: No Difference Between Means |
| The Research Hypothesis: A Difference Between Means |
| Sampling Distribution of Differences Between Means |
| Testing Hypotheses with the Distribution of Differences Between Means |
| Levels of Significance |
| Standard Error of the Difference Between Means |
| Testing the Difference Between Means |
| Comparing the Same Sample Measured Twice |
| Two Sample Tests of Proportions |
