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" Elementary statistics in social research / "
Jack Levin, Northeastern University, James Alan Fox, Northeastern University, David R. Forde, University of North Texas.
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BL
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875991
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Levin, Jack,1941-
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Elementary statistics in social research /\ Jack Levin, Northeastern University, James Alan Fox, Northeastern University, David R. Forde, University of North Texas.
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TWELFTH edition.
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Boston :: Pearson,, 2013.
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, ©2014
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xii, 596 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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0205845487
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: 9780205845484
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Preface -- why the social researcher uses statistics -- Description -- Organizing the data -- Measures of central tendency -- Measures of variability -- From description to decision making -- Probability and the normal curve -- Samples and populations -- Decision making -- Testing differences between means -- Analysis of variance -- Nonparametric tests of significance -- From decision making to association -- Correlation -- Regression analysis -- Nonparametric measures of correlation -- Applying statistics -- Choosing statistical procedures for research problems -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Using spss and the general social survey -- Appendix B A review of some fundamentals of mathematics -- Appendix C Tables -- Appendix D List of formulas -- Glossary -- Answers to problems -- Index.
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Social sciences-- Statistical methods.
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Statistics.
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Social sciences-- Statistical methods.
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Statistics.
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| Dewey Classification
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300.72/7
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HA29.L388 2013
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Forde, David R., (David Robert),1959-
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Fox, James Alan.
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