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Beginning statistics : an introduction for social scientists / Liam Foster, Ian Diamond, Julie Jefferies.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, [2015]Edition: Second editionDescription: xxii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781446280690
  • 1446280691
  • 9781446280706
  • 1446280705
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HA29 .D44 2015
Contents:
Are statistics relevant to real life? -- Data and table manners -- Graphs and charts -- Averages and percentiles -- Spreads -- Transforming data -- The normal distribution -- From samples to populations -- Getting confident -- Fun with proportions -- How to decide how to decide -- More tricky decisions -- Correlation and regression -- Analysing tables with categorical data -- Conclusion -- Statistical tables -- Answers to practice questions -- Algebra and mathematical notation explained.
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Previous edition: 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-277) and index.

Are statistics relevant to real life? -- Data and table manners -- Graphs and charts -- Averages and percentiles -- Spreads -- Transforming data -- The normal distribution -- From samples to populations -- Getting confident -- Fun with proportions -- How to decide how to decide -- More tricky decisions -- Correlation and regression -- Analysing tables with categorical data -- Conclusion -- Statistical tables -- Answers to practice questions -- Algebra and mathematical notation explained.

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