Social and Behavioral Statistics: A User-Friendly Approach - Hardcover

Schacht, Steven P.; Aspelmeier, Jeffery E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0367096765 ISBN 13: 9780367096762

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

Revised and updated to include the behavioral sciences, the second edition of this introductory statistics book engages students with real-world examples and exercises.To the dismay of many social and behavioral science majors, successfully passing a statistics course in sociology, psychology, and most other social/behavioral science programs is required, and at many institutions statistics is becoming a university-wide requirement. In this newly revised text, the authors continue to make use of their proven stress-busting approach to teaching statistics to self-describe math phobic students. This book uses humorous examples and step-by-step presentations of statistical procedures to illustrate what are often complex and hard-to-grasp statistical concepts. Students and instructors will find this text to be a helpful, easy to interpret and thoroughly comprehensive introduction to social and behavioral statistics. Perfect for social and behavioral sciences upper-level undergrads fearful of that required stats course. It uses stress-busting features like cartoons and real-world examples to illustrate what are often complex and hard-to-grasp statistical concepts. Includes the newest and most necessary tools for students to master statistical skills making handouts or additional books unnecessary and gives instructors and their students a compact and affordable main text for their introductory stats courses.

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About the Author

Steven P Schacht

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367096765
• ISBN 13: 9780367096762
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 322