The Essentials of Statistics: A Tool for Social Research - Softcover

Healey, Joseph F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1305093836 ISBN 13: 9781305093836

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2015

Synopsis

This reader-friendly text presents the essentials of statistics with an applied approach. Author Joseph Healey helps readers develop skills for statistical literacy, emphasizing computational competence and the ability to read social science literature with greater comprehension.

About this title

About the Author:

Joseph F. Healey, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Sociology Christopher Newport University. He is author of STATISTICS: A TOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH, 10th Edition (Cengage, 2014); RACE, ETHNICITY, GENDER AND CLASS, 7th Edition (Sage, 2015); DIVERSITY AND SOCIETY, 4th Edition (Sage, 2014); and is co-author of several other texts. Healey earned his A.B. and M.A. from The College of William and Mary (sociology and anthropology) and Ph.D. from University of Virginia (sociology and anthropology). In his spare time, he plays and records music for the hammer dulcimer and banjo.

Review:

"Clear writing, organization, and explanations. I found that the textbook is one of the best I have read so far in terms of the clarity of explanations, particularly the difficult concepts and ideas."

"The Essentials is one of the few actual textbooks I still use. The subject matter of research methods and statistics still requires it. This edition of Healey's book is a 'good' textbook because it is well written, follows a logical sequence within each chapter and from chapter to chapter, and students learn and build a foundation before they move onto the more difficult statistics."

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1305093836
• ISBN 13: 9781305093836
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 480