Working with Statistics
An Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Social Scientists
1. Edition September 1987
208 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
The very word `statistics' is enough to induce panic or cynicism in
most people's hearts. The necessity of studying statistics is often
regarded by students as a test of endurance rather than an
educational opportunity. Working With Statistics is aimed to
show such an audience that studying statistics can be both
involving and even pleasurable.
By minimising specialist terminology and by utilising an
authentic set of research data, the book provides a readable
introduction into the uses of quantitative methods in social
research. It also provides an argument for the value of such
methods and aims to provide students with a working knowledge of
computing, relating this directly to the demands of statistical
analysis.
The book offers a lucid and comprehensive guide to statistics
methods, and is suitable as an overall text for courses in the
subject.
Preface.
1. An Argument for Statistics.
2. Some Methodological Considerations.
3. The Vocabulary of Social Research.
4. Ordering the Data:.
Frequency Distribution and Visual Representation.
5. Summarising the Data:.
Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion.
6. Taking a Sample: Inductive Statistics.
7. Working with Two Variables.
8. Working with Three Variables.
9. Concluding Remarks.
Bibliography.
