Compassionate statistics [[electronic resource] ] : applied quantitative analysis for social services : with exercises and instructions in SPSS / / Vincent E. Faherty
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| Autore: |
Faherty Vincent E (Vincent Edward), <1939->
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| Titolo: |
Compassionate statistics [[electronic resource] ] : applied quantitative analysis for social services : with exercises and instructions in SPSS / / Vincent E. Faherty
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : SAGE, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xv, 319 p.) : ill |
| Disciplina: | 361.0015195 |
| Soggetto topico: | Social sciences - Statistical methods - Computer programs |
| Social service - Statistical methods | |
| Evaluation research (Social action programs) - Statistical methods | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Faherty 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Compassionate statistics |
| ISBN: | 1-4833-1694-7 |
| 1-4833-2954-2 | |
| 1-4522-4494-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910791706003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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