03370nam 2200589 a 450 991079170600332120161219111722.01-4833-1694-71-4833-2954-21-4522-4494-4(CKB)2560000000090336(EBL)997230(OCoLC)815786231(SSID)ssj0000704672(PQKBManifestationID)12304994(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000704672(PQKBWorkID)10725318(PQKB)10366556(MiAaPQ)EBC997230(OCoLC)809774337(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158876(EXLCZ)99256000000009033620130912d2008 fy| 0engur|||||||||||txtccrCompassionate statistics[electronic resource] applied quantitative analysis for social services : with exercises and instructions in SPSS /Vincent E. FahertyLondon SAGE20081 online resource (xv, 319 p.) illDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-28383-4 1-4129-3982-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 rChapter 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 AuthorFaherty provides a comprehensive, yet pragmatic resource for social 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.Social sciencesStatistical methodsComputer programsSocial serviceStatistical methodsEvaluation research (Social action programs)Statistical methodsSocial sciencesStatistical methodsComputer programs.Social serviceStatistical methods.Evaluation research (Social action programs)Statistical methods.361.0015195Faherty Vincent E(Vincent Edward),1939-1556009StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910791706003321Compassionate statistics3818391UNINA