Elementary Statistics in Social Research: Essentials

IN THIS SECTION
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE


BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Why the Social Researcher Uses Statistics

 

Part I Description
Chapter 2 Organizing the Data

 

Chapter 3 Measures of Central Tendency
Chapter 4 Measures of Variability

Part II From Description to Decision Making

Chapter 5 Probability and the Normal Curve

 

Chapter 6  Samples and Populations

 

Part III Decision Making

Chapter 7 Testing Differences Between Means

 

 

Chapter 8 Analysis of Variance

 

Chapter 9 Nonparametric Tests of Significance

Part IV From Decision Making to Association

Chapter 10 Correlation
Chapter 11 Regression Analysis
Chapter 12 Nonparametric Measures of Correlation 

 

COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 Why the Social Researcher Uses Statistics

 

The Nature of Social Research
Why Test Hypotheses?

 

The Stages of Social Research

 

Using Series of Numbers to Do Social Research

 

The Functions of Statistics

Looking at the Larger Picture: A Student Survey

 

 

 

Part I  Description

 

Chapter 2 Organizing the Data

Frequency Distributions of Nominal Data

Comparing Distributions

 

Proportions and Percentages

 

Simple Frequency Distributions of Ordinal and Interval Data

 

Grouped Frequency Distributions of Interval Data

 

Cumulative Distributions

 

Dealing with Decimal Data

 

Flexible Class Intervals

 

Cross-Tabulations

 

Graphic Presentations

 

 

Chapter 3 Measures of Central Tendency

The Mode

The Median

 

The Mean

 

Taking One Step at a Time

  Step-by-Step Illustration: Mode, Median and Mean

 

Comparing the Mode, Median, and Mean

 

 

Chapter 4 Measures of Variability

The Range

The Variance and Standard Deviation

Step-by-Step Illustration: Standard deviation

 

The Raw-Score Formula for Variance and Standard Deviation

Step-by-Step Illustration: Variance and Standard Deviation Using Raw Scores

 

The Meaning of the Standard Deviation

 

Comparing Measures of Variability

Looking at the Larger Picture: Describing Data

 

 

 

Part II  From Description to Decision Making

 

Chapter 5 Probability and the Normal Curve

Probability

Probability Distributions

 

The Normal Curve as a Probability Distribution

 

Characteristics of the Normal Curve

 

The Model and the Reality of the Normal Curve

 

The Area Under the Normal Curve

 

Finding Probability Under the Normal Curve

Step-by-Step Illustration: Probability under the Normal Curve

 

Chapter 6 Samples and Populations

Random Sampling

 

Sampling Error

 

Sampling Distribution of Means

 

Standard Error of the Mean

 

Confidence Intervals

 

The t Distribution

Step-by-Step Illustration: Confidence Interval Using t

 

Estimating Proportions

Step-by-Step Illustration: Confidence Intervals for Proportions

Looking at the Larger Picture: Generalizing From Samples to Po