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Agresti and Finley present statistical methods in a style that emphasizes their concepts and their application to the social sciences rather than the mathematics and computational details behind them.   Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences, 4e presents an introduction to statistical methods for students majoring in social science disciplines.  No previous knowledge of statistics is assumed, and mathematical background is assumed to be minimal (lowest-level high-school algebra).   This text may be used in a one or two course sequence. Such sequences are commonly required of social science graduate students in sociology, political science, and psychology. Students in geography, anthropology, journalism, and speech also are sometimes required to take at least one statistics course.

Table of Contents:
1.Introduction     1.1 Introduction to statistical methodology     1.2 Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics     1.3 The role of computers in statistics     1.4 Chapter summary 2. Sampling and Measurement     2.1 Variables and their measurement     2.2 Randomization     2.3 Sampling variability and potential bias     2.4 other probability sampling methods *     2.4 Chapter summary 3. Descriptive statistics     3.1 Describing data with tables and graphs     3.2 Describing the center of the data     3.3 Describing variability of the data     3.4 Measure of position     3.5 Bivariate descriptive statistics     3.6 Sample statistics and population parameters     3.7 Chapter summary 4. Probability Distributions     4.1 Introduction to probability     4.2 Probablitity distributions for discrete and  continuous variables     4.3 The normal probability distribution     4.4 Sampling distributions describe how statistics vary     4.5 Sampling distributions of sample means     4.6 Review: Probability, sample data, and sampling distributions     4.7 Chapter summary 5. Statistical inference: estimation     5.1 Point and interval estimation     5.2 Confidence interval for a proportion     5.3 Confidence interval for a mean     5.4 Choice of sample size     5.5 Confidence intervals for median and other parameters*     5.6 Chapter summary  6. Statistical Inference: Significance Tests     6.1 Steps of a significance test     6.2 Significance test for a eman     6.3 Significance test for a proportion     6.4 Decisions and types of errors in tests     6.5 Limitations of significance tests     6.6 Calculating P (Type II error)*     6.7 Small-sample test for a proportion: the binomial distribution*     6.8 Chapter summary 7. Comparison of Two Groups     7.1 Preliminaries for comparing groups     7.2 Categorical data: comparing two proportions     7.3 Quantitative data: comparing two means     7.4 Comparing means with dependent samples     7.5 Other methods for comparing means*     7.6 Other methods for comparing proportions*     7.7 Nonparametric statistics for comparing groups     7.8 Chapter summary 8. Analyzing Association between Categorical Variables     8.1 Contingency Tables     8.2 Chi-squared test of independence     8.3 Residuals: Detecting the pattern of association     8.4 Measuring association in contingency tables     8.5 Association between ordinal variables*     8.6 Inference for ordinal associations*     8.7 Chapter summary 9. Linear Regression and Correlation     9.1 Linear relationships     9.2 Least squares prediction equation     9.3 The linear regression model     9.4 Measuring linear association - the correlation     9.5 Inference for the slope and correlation     9.6 Model assumptions and violations     9.7 Chapter summary 10. Introduction to multivariate Relationships     10.1 Association and causality     10.2 Controlling for other variables     10.3 Types of multivariate relationships     10.4 Inferenential issus in statistical control     10.5 Chapter summary 11. Multiple Regression and Correlation     11.1 Multiple regression model     11.2 Example with multiple regression computer output     11.3 Multiple correlation and R-squared     11.4 Inference for multiple regression and coefficients     11.5 Interaction between predictors in their effects     11.6 Comparing regression models     11.7 Partial correlation*     11.8 Standardized regression coefficients*     11.9 Chapter summary 12. Comparing groups: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) methods     12.1 Comparing several means: One way analysis of variance     12.2 Multiple comparisons of means     12.3 Performing ANOVA by regression modeling     12.4 Two-way analysis of variance     12.5 Two way ANOVA and regression     12.6 Repeated measures analysis of variance*     12.7 Two-way ANOVA with repeated measures on one factor*     12.8 Effects of violations of ANOVA assumptions     12.9 Chapter summary 13. Combining regression and ANOVA: Quantitative and Categorical Predictors     13.1 Comparing means and comparing regression lines     13.2 Regression with quantitative and categorical predictors     13.3 Permitting interaction between quantitative and categorical predictors     13.4 Inference for regression with quantitative and categorical predictors     13.5 Adjusted means*     13.6 Chapter summary 14. Model Building with Multiple Regression     14.1 Model selection procedures     14.2 Regression diagnostics     14.3 Effects of multicollinearity     14.4 Generalized linear models     14.5 Nonlinearity: polynomial regression     14.6 Exponential regression and log transforms*     14.7 Chapter summary 15. Logistic Regression: Modeling Categorical Responses     15.1 Logistic regression     15.2 Multiple logistic regression     15.3 Inference for logistic regression models     15.4 Logistic regression models for ordinal variables*     15.5 Logistic models for nominal responses*     15.6 Loglinear models for categorical variables*     15.7 Model goodness of fit tests for contingency tables*     15.9 Chapter summary 16. Introduction to Advanced Topics     16.1 Longitudinal data analysis*     16.2 Multilevel (hierarchical) models*     16.3 Event history analysis*     16.4 Path analysis*     16.5 Factor analysis*     16.6 Structural equation models*     16.7 Markov chains* Appendix: SAS and SPSS for Statistical Analyses Tables Answers to selected odd-numbered problems Index


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780205646418
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 624
  • Width: 203 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0205646417
  • Publisher Date: 28 Sep 2012
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: United States Edition


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