finelybookStatistics: A Tool for Social Research and Data Analysis 12th Edition
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Author(s): Joseph Healey (Author), Christopher Donoghue (Author)
- Publisher Finelybook 出版社: Cengage Learning
- Publication Date 出版日期: March 12, 2026
- Edition 版本: 12th
- Language 语言: English
- Print length 页数: 560 pages
- ISBN-10: 8214158540
- ISBN-13: 9798214158549
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Christopher Donoghue is Associate Professor of Sociology at Montclair State University in New Jersey. He is the author of many articles on bullying, race and ethnicity, and nursing home care, with his work appearing in such journals as THE GERONTOLOGIST, SOCIOLOGICAL FORUM, RESEARCH ON AGING, JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE, THE SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL, DISABILITY AND SOCIETY, HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT REVIEW, CHILDREN AND SCHOOLS, SOCIOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH and SEX EDUCATION. Dr. Donoghue earned his B.A. from Seton Hall University, his M.A. from Montclair State University and his Ph.D. from Fordham University. Recently he helped to establish a new Master of Arts in Social Research and Analysis program at Montclair State.
Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Prologue: Basic Mathematics Review
1. Introduction
Part I. Descriptive Statistics
2. Basic Descriptive Statistics: Tables, Percentages, Ratios and Rates, and Graphs
3. Measures of Central Tendency
4. Measures of Variation
5. The Normal Curve
Part I. Cumulative Exercises
Part II. Inferential Statistics
6. Introduction to Inferential Statistics: Sampling and the Sampling Distribution
7. Estimation Procedures
8. Hypothesis Testing I: The One-Sample Case
9. Hypothesis Testing II: The Two-Sample Case
10. Hypothesis Testing III: The Analysis of Variance
11. Hypothesis Testing IV: Chi Square
Part II. Cumulative Exercises
Part III. Bivariate Measures of Association
12. Bivariate Association for Nominal- and Ordinal-Level Variables
13. Association Between Variables Measured at the Interval-Ratio Level
Part III. Cumulative Exercises
Part IV. Multivariate Techniques
14. Elaborating Bivariate Tables
15. Partial Correlation and Multiple Regression and Correlation
Part IV. Cumulative Exercises
Appendix A. Area Under the Normal Curve
Appendix B. Distribution of t
Appendix C. Distribution of Chi-square
Appendix D. Distribution of F
Appendix E. Using Statistics: Ideas for Research Projects
Appendix F. An Introduction to SPSS
Appendix G. Codebooks for All Data Sets
Frequently Used Formulas
Answers to Odd-Numbered End-of-Chapter Problems and Cumulative Exercises
Glossary of Symbols
Greek Letters
