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Autore |
Faherty Vincent E (Vincent Edward), <1939-> |
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Titolo |
Compassionate statistics : applied quantitative analysis for social services : with exercises and instructions in SPSS / / Vincent E. Faherty |
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ISBN |
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1-4833-1694-7 |
1-4833-2954-2 |
1-4522-4494-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 319 p.) : ill |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social sciences - Statistical methods - Computer programs |
Social service - Statistical methods |
Evaluation research (Social action programs) - Statistical methods |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - Introduction, Overview, and Nondefinitions; Chapter 2 - Levels of Data: Nominal, Ordinal, and Scale; Chapter 3 - Presenting Data in Tables; Chapter 4 - Presenting Data in Figures; Chapter 5 - The 3 Ms: Mean, Median, and Mode; Chapter 6 - Standard Deviations, Ranges, and Quartiles; Chapter 7 - Other Descriptive Statistics; Chapter 8 - Probability and Statistical Significance; Chapter 9 - Chi-Square Test of Independence; Chapter 10 - Correlation: Scattergrams; Chapter 11 - Correlation: Spearman's rho and Pearson's r |
Chapter 12 - t-Test for Paired SamplesChapter 13 - t-Test for Independent Samples; Chapter 14 - One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) With Post Hoc Tests; Chapter 15 - Nonparametric Alternatives to Common Parametric Tests; Appendix A: Getting Started With SPSS; Appendix B: SPSS Data Sets; Appendix C: Outline of Common Univariate and Bivariate Statistical Procedures; Appendix D: Outline of Common Parametric and Nonparametric Inferential Tests; Appendix E: Table of Random Numbers With Instructions; Appendix F: Glossary of Terms; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Faherty provides a comprehensive, yet pragmatic resource for social |
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service professionals to use standard descriptive and inferential statistical techniques in ways that are meaningful to them, to their social agencies, to their funding sources and, ultimately, to their clients. |
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