TY  - BOOK
AU  - Healey,Joseph F.
AU  - Healey,Joseph F.
TI  - The essentials of statistics: a tool for social research 
SN  - 049500975X
AV  - HA29 .H39 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Belmont, CA
PB  - Thomson/Wadsworth
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Statistical methods
KW  - Statistics
N1  - Abbreviated version of: Statistics : a tool for social research; Includes index; PART I. Descriptive Statistics --
Chapter 1. Introduction --
Chapter 2. Basic Descriptive Statistics: Percentages, Ratios and Rates, Tables, Charts, and Graphs --
Chapter 3. Measures of Central Tendency --
Chapter 4. Measures of Dispersion --
Chapter 5. The Normal Curve --

PART II. Inferential Statistics --
Chapter 6. Inferential Statistics, the Sampling Distribution and Estimation --
Chapter 7. Hypothesis Testing I: The One Sample Case --
Chapter 8. Hypothesis Testing II: The Two Sample Case --
Chapter 9. Hypothesis Testing III: The Analysis of Variance --
Chapter 10. Hypothesis Testing IV: Chi Square --

PART III. Measures of Association --
Chapter 11. Bivariate Association For Variables Measured at the Nominal Level --
Chapter 12. Bivariate Association For Variables Measured at the Ordinal Level --
Chapter 13. Association Between Variables Measured at the Interval-Ratio Level --

PART IV. Multivariate Techniques --
Chapter 14. Partial Correlation and Multiple Regression and Correlation --
Appendix A. Area under the Normal Curve --
Appendix B. Distribution of t. Appendix C. Distribution of Chi Square --
Appendix D. Distribution of F. Appendix E. Using Statistics: Ideas for Research Projects --
Appendix F. An Introduction to Computerized Statistics Programs (SPSS for Windows). Appendix G. Code Book for the General Social Survey, 2004. Answers to Odd-Numbered Computational Problems --
Glossary --
Index
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