Basic Statistics for Social Research - Softcover

Cramer, Duncan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415120055 ISBN 13: 9780415120050

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

This accessible introdution to statistics using the program Minitab explains when to apply and how to calculate and interpret a wide range of statistical procedures commonly used in the social sciences. Keeping statistical symbols and formulae to a minimum and using simple examples, this book:
* Assumes no prior knowledge of statistics or computing
* Includes a concise introduction to the program Minitab
* Describes a wider range of tests than other introductory texts
* Contains a comprehensive range of exercises with answers.
Basic Statistics for Social Research will prove an invaluable introductory statistics text for students, and a useful resource for graduates and professionals engaged in research in the social sciences.

About this title

About the Author

Duncan Cramer is Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology at Loughborough University. He is the author of Quantitative Data Analysis with Minitab: A guide for social scientists (1996), with Alan Bryman; Introducing Statistics for Social Research: Step-by-step calculations and computer techniques using SPSS (1994); and Quantitative Data Analysis for Social Scientists (SPSS version) (1990, revised 1994), with Alan Bryman.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415120055
• ISBN 13: 9780415120050
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 420