a tool for social research Healey, Joseph F. creator Prus, Steven G. text Toronto Nelson Education c2010 1st Canadian ed. monographic xxiv, 586 pages : Illustrations ; 1. Introduction -- -- pt. I. Descriptive Statistics -- 2. Basic Descriptive Statistics : Percentages, Ratios and Rates, Tables, Charts, and Graphs -- 3. Measures of Central Tendency -- 4. Measures of Dispersion -- 5. The Normal Curve -- -- pt. 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 -- -- pt. III. Bivariate Measures of Association -- 12. Bivariate Association : Introduction and Basic Concepts -- 13. Association Between Variables Measured at the Nominal Level -- 14. Association Between Variables Measured at the Ordinal Level -- 15. Association Between Variables Measured at the Interval-Ratio Level -- -- pt. IV. Multivariate Techniques -- 16. Elaborating Bivariate Tables -- 17. Partial Correlation and Multiple Regression and Correlation -- -- App. A. Area Under the Normal Curve -- App. B. Distribution of t -- App. C. Distribution of Chi Square -- App. D. Distribution of F -- App. E. Using Statistics : Ideas for Research Projects -- App. F. An Introduction to SPSS for Windows -- App. G. Information and Code Books for the 2001 Census and 2004 General Social Survey -- App. H. Basic Mathematical Review -- -- Answers to Odd-Numbered Computational Problems. Includes index. Includes access code to Infotrac college edition, the online library. Statistics Social sciences - statistical methods HA 29 HEA 9780176442538 0176442537