by JosephF.Healey (Author)
A comprehensive, student-oriented text that provides students a challenging first look at social statistics by illustrating the application of statistics to contemporary social issues. Students learn to read and interpret statistics in a variety of settings. Each chapter is complete with numerous practice exercises, problems, and demonstrations and applications of the latest SPSS and in this edition - MicroCase- statistical software packages to reinforce chapter concepts, operations, and formulas. The book's primary emphasis is on developing the following skills necessary for students to become statistically literate : computational competence; appreciation of statistics; and the ability to read professional social science literature.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 560
Edition: 6
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Published: 29 Aug 2001
ISBN 10: 0534557856
ISBN 13: 9780534557850