Social Statistics for a Diverse Society - Hardcover

Frankfort-Nachmias, Chava; Leon-Guerrero, Anna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 141291793X ISBN 13: 9781412917933

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2005

Synopsis

Written especially for undergraduate students taking their first course in social statistics, this highly accessible bestselling text has been thoroughly revised and updated with the latest General Social Survey data. This new Fourth Edition maintains the same informal, conversational writing style along with the many pedagogical features have led to the previous editions′ widespread success. It also introduces new social issues, including more analysis of cultural diversity. In this Fourth Edition, the authors have introduced a strong global perspective by using real-life examples from the International Social Survey Programme that help expand the students′ analytical focus beyond the United States.

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About the Author

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. She is also the coauthor (with Anna Leon-Guerrero) of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society.

Anna Leon-Guerrero is a professor of sociology at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. A recipient of the university’s Faculty Excellence Award and the K. T. Tang Award for Excellence in Research, she teaches courses on statistics, sociological theory, and social problems. As a social service program evaluator and consultant, she has focused her research on welfare reform, employment strategies for the working poor, and program assessment. She is the coauthor of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society and Essentials of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society (with Chava Frankfort-Nachmias).

Review

"This book is the best I have seen on the market. It is the only book I have seen that manages to teach both statistics and a great deal of social science." 

(Tom Linneman From the Reviews of Previous Editions)

"My student evaluations from using the first edition of the book were positive in marked contrast to the evaluations of other statistics texts I have used in previous courses. Students like the real world examples and exercises." 

(Meg Sandifer From the Reviews of Previous Editions)

"Social Statistics for a Diverse Society is excellent and extremely useful. Time and time again, I found the authors approached material in the same way I did, using a more discursive, conceptual rather than mathematical presentation. Students really loved this book and I received numerous comments to this effect¾ a real first!" 

(Pamela Stone From the Reviews of the Previous Editions)

"The authors have done an excellent job in linking social issues with statistical techniques. This allows a student to learn how social scientists start with a questions and then use a variety of statistical techniques to answer that question. In the process, students are learning key sociological concepts related to race, gender, class, and age. The book demonstrates the sociological imagination in action." 

(Janet Wilmoth From the Reviews of Previous Editions)

"The authors have shown how integrating issues of diversity can be done in a way that furthers the traditional objectives of statistics courses, but also in a way that makes science a warmer classroom and career climate for women and students of color. I am not overstating the case to say that this book is pathbreaking." 

(Kate Berheide Fromt he Reviews of Previous Editions)

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 141291793X
• ISBN 13: 9781412917933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 586