Wiley-VCH - Evaluation

Basic Statistics for Social Research

Hanneman, Robert A. / Kposowa, Augustine J. / Riddle, Mark D. — 17 Dec 2012 08:17:33 +0100

Basic Statistics for Social Research offers an introduction to core general statistical concepts and methods. It covers procedural aspects of the application of statistical methods for data-description ; and hypothesis-testing ; distributions, tabulations, central tendency, variability, independence, correlation and regression. The use of math and theory are deliberately limited, and the authors focus on how the concepts and tools of statistics are used in the analysis of social science data, rather than on the mathematical and computational aspects. The book also emphasizes the use of computer software to calculate statistics. The book is designed for students in the social sciences. [560 Pages, Softcover]

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Quantitative and Statistical Research Methods

Martin, William E. / Bridgmon, Krista D. — 10 Sep 2012 08:17:24 +0200

Quantitative and Statistical Research Methodsoffers a guide for psychology, counseling, and education students in the use of statistics and research designs, combined with guidance on using SPSS in the course of their research. Each chapter covers a research problem, taking the student through identifying research questions and hypotheses; identifying, classifying, and operationally defining the study variables; choosing appropriate research designs; conducting power analysis; choosing an appropriate statistic for the problem; using a data set; conducting data screening and analyses (SPSS); interpreting the statistics; and writing the results related to the problem. Designed so students will know how to plan research and conduct statistical analyses using several different procedures. [496 Pages, Softcover]

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Sampling

Thompson, Steven K. — 7 Mar 2012 08:17:10 +0100

Following the high praise of the second edition by Technometrics as a necessity to any good personal statistics library, this new edition covers basic and standard sampling design and estimation methods with special attention paid to methods for populations that are inherently difficult to sample. This book covers basic sampling; ratio and regression estimation; major useful designs; detectability, visibility and catchability methods; spatial sampling; and adaptive sampling designs. It also contains new examples, explanations, and updates for figures from previous editions to increase visualization throughout the book. [472 Pages, Hardcover]

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