Statistics: A Tool for Social Research and Data Analysis (Paperback, 11)

1. Introduction. PART I: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS. 2. Basic Descriptive Statistics: Tables, Percentages, Ratios and Rates, and Graphs. 3. Measures of Central Tendency. 4. Measures of Variation. 5. The Normal Curve. PART II: INFERENTIAL STATISTICS. 6. Introduction to Inferential Statistics: Sampling and the Sampling Distribution. 7. Estimation Procedures. 8. Hypothesis Testing I: The One-Sample Case. 9. Hypothesis Testing II: The Two-Sample Case. 10. Hypothesis Testing III: The Analysis of Variance. 11. Hypothesis Testing IV: Chi Square. PART III: BIVARIATE MEASURES OF ASSOCIATION. 12. Bivariate Association for Nominal- and Ordinal-Level Variables. 13. Association Between Variables Measured at the Interval-Ratio Level. PART IV: MULTIVARIATE TECHNIQUES. 14. Elaborating Bivariate Tables. 15. 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 SPSS. Appendix G: Codebooks for All Data Sets. Answers to Odd-Numbered End-Of-Chapter Problems and Cumulative Exercises. Glossary. Index.