The Joy of Stats
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-2728-0 (ISBN)
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The Joy of Stats offers a reader-friendly introduction to applied statistics and quantitative analysis in the social sciences and public policy. Perfect as an undergraduate text or self-study manual, it emphasizes how to understand concepts, interpret algorithms and formulas, analyze data, and answer research questions.
This brand new edition offers examples and visualizations using real-life data, a revised discussion of statistical inference, and introductory examples in R and SPSS. The third edition has been extensively reorganized with shorter chapters and closer links between concepts and formulas, while retaining useful pedagogical features including key terms, practice exercises, a math refresher, and playful inserts on "the mathematical imagination." The Joy of Stats also places a strong emphasis on learning how to write and speak clearly about data results. Supported by a companion website with data sets and additional resources, The Joy of Stats is a superb choice for introducing students to applied statistics and for refreshing and reviewing stats as a social scientist, public policy professional, or community activist.
Roberta Garner is a professor in the Department of Sociology at DePaul University. Michael Ash is a professor in the Department of Economics and School of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
List of Figures and Tables
Preface
Part One: Getting Started
1. Thinking about Numbers
2. Variables
Part Two: Describing Distributions
3. Describing Variable Distributions—First Steps
4. Measures of Central Tendency
5. Variability and Z-scores
Part Three: Statistical Inference
6. Thinking about Statistical Inference
7. Doing Statistical Inference
Part Four: Relations Among Variables
8. Regression and Correlation
9. Comparing Means
10. Categorical Variables
11. Multiple Regression and Logistic Regression
12. Reading Research
Math Refresher
Charts for Distributions
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.09.2022 |
|---|---|
| Co-Autor | Michael Ash |
| Zusatzinfo | 53 b&w figures, 84 b&w tables |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 198 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 1060 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4875-2728-4 / 1487527284 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-2728-0 / 9781487527280 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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