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  title info:
    title: Using Statistics in Social Research
    sub title: A Concise Approach
  name:
    name part: Lynch, Scott M.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXIII, 229 p. 44 illus. online resource.
  abstract: 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 early chapters covering basic philosophical issues underpinning the process of scientific research. These include the concepts of deductive reasoning and the falsifiability of hypotheses, the development of a research question and hypotheses, and the process of data collection and measurement. Probability theory is then covered extensively with a focus on its role in laying the foundation for statistical reasoning and inference. After illustrating the Central Limit Theorem, later chapters address the key, basic statistical methods used in social science research, including various z and t tests and confidence intervals, nonparametric chi square tests, one-way analysis of variance, correlation, simple regression, and multiple regression, with a discussion of the key issues involved in thinking about causal processes. Concepts and topics are illustrated using both real and simulated data. The penultimate chapter presents rules and suggestions for the successful presentation of statistics in tabular and graphic formats, and the final chapter offers suggestions for subsequent reading and study.
  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.
  note: by Scott M. Lynch.
  subject:
    topic: Statistics
  subject:
    topic: Statistics
  subject:
    topic: Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law
  subject:
    topic: Statistical Theory and Methods
  classification: QA276-280
  classification: 519.5
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