03422nam 2200661Ia 450 991109722540332120241226111253.0978148331694914833169479781483329543148332954297814522449451452244944(CKB)2560000000090336(EBL)997230(OCoLC)815786231(SSID)ssj0000704672(PQKBManifestationID)12304994(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000704672(PQKBWorkID)10725318(PQKB)10366556(MiAaPQ)EBC997230(OCoLC)809774337(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158876229331(EXLCZ)99256000000009033620070213d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrCompassionate statistics applied quantitative analysis for social services : with exercises and instructions in SPSS /Vincent E. Faherty1st ed.Los Angeles Sage Publicationsc20081 online resource (xv, 319 p.) illDescription based upon print version of record.9781322283838 1322283834 9781412939829 1412939828 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.Evaluation research (Social action programs)Statistical methodsSocial serviceStatistical methodsEvaluation research (Social action programs)Statistical methods.Social serviceStatistical methods.361.0015195Faherty Vincent E(Vincent Edward),1939-1940300MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911097225403321Compassionate statistics4693142UNINA