LEADER 03422nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9911097225403321 005 20241226111253.0 010 $a9781483316949 010 $a1483316947 010 $a9781483329543 010 $a1483329542 010 $a9781452244945 010 $a1452244944 035 $a(CKB)2560000000090336 035 $a(EBL)997230 035 $a(OCoLC)815786231 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000704672 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12304994 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000704672 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10725318 035 $a(PQKB)10366556 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC997230 035 $a(OCoLC)809774337 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000158876 035 $a229331 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000090336 100 $a20070213d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCompassionate statistics $eapplied quantitative analysis for social services : with exercises and instructions in SPSS /$fVincent E. Faherty 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLos Angeles $cSage Publications$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (xv, 319 p.) $cill 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781322283838 311 08$a1322283834 311 08$a9781412939829 311 08$a1412939828 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $aChapter 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 330 8 $aFaherty 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. 606 $aEvaluation research (Social action programs)$xStatistical methods 606 $aSocial service$xStatistical methods 615 0$aEvaluation research (Social action programs)$xStatistical methods. 615 0$aSocial service$xStatistical methods. 676 $a361.0015195 700 $aFaherty$b Vincent E$g(Vincent Edward),$f1939-$01940300 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911097225403321 996 $aCompassionate statistics$94693142 997 $aUNINA