Social Statistics for a Diverse Society

Seventh Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4833-3354-0
Verlag: SAGE Publications, Inc

Buch, Englisch, 592 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 965 g

The authors help students learn key sociological concepts through real research examples related to the dynamic interplay of race, class, gender and other social variables. In addition, guides for reading and interpreting the research literature help students understand key concepts, while SPSS demonstrations and a rich variety of exercises help them hone their problem-solving skills.

New to this edition:

- A globally focused data set

- Revised data in tables, figures and equation

- Added and updated end-of-chapter exercises

- Updated SPSS problems and demonstrations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frankfort-Nachmias, Chava

Leon-Guerrero, Anna

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Empirische Sozialforschung, Statistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. The What and the Why of Statistics
Chapter 2. Organization of Information: Frequency Distributions
Chapter 3. Graphic Presentation
Chapter 4. Measures of Central Tendency
Chapter 5. Measures of Variability
Chapter 6. The Normal Distribution

Chapter 7. Sampling and Sampling Distributions
Chapter 8. Estimation
Chapter 9. Testing Hypotheses
Chapter 10. Relationships between Two Variables: Cross-Tabulation
Chapter 11. The Chi-Square Test and Measures of Association
Chapter 12. Analysis of Variance
Chapter 13. Regression and Correlation
Appendix A. Table of Random Numbers
Appendix B. The Standard Normal Table
Appendix C. Distribution of t
Appendix D. Distribution of Chi-Square
Appendix E. Distribution of F
Appendix F. A Basic Math Review
Learning Check Solutions
Answers to Odd-Numbered Exercises
Glossary

Über Autor(innen)

Frankfort-Nachmias, Chava
Chava Frankfort-Nachmias is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. She is the coauthor of Research Methods in the Social Sciences (with David Nachmias), coeditor of Sappho in the Holy Land (with Erella Shadmi), and numerous publications on ethnicity and development, urban revitalization, science and gender, and women in Israel. She was the recipient of the University of Wisconsin System teaching improvement grant on integrating race, ethnicity, and gender into the social statistics and research methods curriculum.

Leon-Guerrero, Anna
Anna Leon-Guerrero is Professor of Sociology at Pacific Lutheran University in Washington. She received her PhD in sociology from the University of California–Los Angeles. She was the recipient of the university’s Faculty Excellence Award and the K. T. Tang Award for Excellence. She is the author of and Social Problems: Community, Policy, and Social Action, 7th Edition, and co-author (with Chava Frankfort-Nachmias and Georgiann Davis) of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, 10th Edition (both with Sage).