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Statistics explained, a guide for social science students, Perry R. Hinton

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Statistics explained, a guide for social science students, Perry R. Hinton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-296) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Statistics explained

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

31606002

Responsibility statement

Perry R. Hinton

Sub title

a guide for social science students

Summary

This text outlines the major statistical tests used by undergraduates in the social sciences. It provides easy-to-understand explanations of how and why they are used and aims to make statistics much less mysterious

Table Of Contents

Descriptive statistics -- Standard scores -- Introduction to hypothesis testing -- Sampling -- Hypothesis testing with a sample -- Selecting samples for comparison -- Hypothesis testing with two samples -- Significance, error, and power -- Introduction to the analysis of variance -- One factor independent measures ANOVA -- Multiple comparisons -- One factor repeated measures ANOVA -- The interaction of factors in the analysis of variance -- Calculating the two factor ANOVA -- An introduction to nonparametric analysis -- Two sample nonparametric analysis -- One factor ANOVA for ranked data -- Analysing frequency data : chi-square -- Linear correlation and regression -- Multiple correlation and regression -- Using statistics programs on computers -- Appendix. Statistical tables

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