WITH SPSS for Windows Companion: A Tool for Social Research (Statistics: A Tool for Social Research)

WITH SPSS for Windows Companion: A Tool for Social Research (Statistics: A Tool for Social Research)

by JosephF.Healey (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 560
Edition: 6
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Published: 29 Aug 2001

ISBN 10: 0534557856
ISBN 13: 9780534557850

Media Reviews
I especially enjoyed the sections on 'Reading Statistics' because they provide an important link between the class and students' other studies and broader lives. I appreciate the efforts of the author to provide problems for students that apply to several social science fields.