Statistics: A Tool for the Social SciencesAimed at undergraduate students taking course in statistics for sociology and the social sciences, this work assumes only high school algebra. This edition features a more applied social science perspective, especially with regard to multivariate analysis and the interpretation of results. |
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MEASUREMENT | 18 |
FROM A SINGLE VARIABLE | 50 |
NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES FOR DESCRIBING DATA | 108 |
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accompanying table Appendix Table approximately average binomial experiment box plot calculate Chapter chi-square test class interval coefficient of determination compute confidence interval correlation coefficient data in Exercise data of Table Database determine difference estimate example expected cell counts formula frequency distribution frequency histogram gamma groups H₁ independent variable inferences interpretation level of technology Married mean and standard measure of association median n₁ n₂ normal curve normally distributed null hypothesis observed obtained one-tailed test ordinal outcome p₁ partial tables percentage population means prediction equation probability distribution proportion random sample ranks Refer to Exercise reject the null rejection region relative frequency research hypothesis sample data sample mean sampling distribution selected social researchers specified standard deviation statistical test test statistic test the null third variable tion total number two-tailed test type I error White High White Medium X₁ X₂ z-score ΣΧ