Product Description

`The clarity, simplicity and use of many practical examples makes this book very useful, primarily for under- and postgraduate students' - Journal of Biosocial Science

With an emphasis on description, examples, graphs and displays rather than statistical formulae, this book is the ideal introductory guide for students across the social sciences. It shows how all students can understand the basic ideas of statistics at a level appropriate with being a good social scientist. The authors explain the right ways to present data, how to describe a set of data using summary statistics and how to infer what is going on in a population when all you have to go on is the sample. The book uses small data sets to help students understand the basic principles, and no mathematics or statistical background is assumed.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #210102 in Books
• Published on: 2000-10-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Customer Reviews

Such a helpful book!
I'm studying for a degree in Social Work so didn't expect to have to take a Stats module. This book has been fantastic! It explains complicated theories simply with easy-to-understand examples. I just got a first in my Stats module and this book has definitely helped me to achieve that considering I didn't know the first thing about Stats before I started.