| Autore |
Schneider Robert A
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| Edizione | [Rev. ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
Lanham, Md., : University Press Of America, c2010
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (112 p.)
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| Disciplina |
519.5
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| Soggetto topico |
Social service - Statistical methods
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| ISBN |
1-283-61427-8
0-7618-4933-5
9786613926722
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the Revised Edition -- For the Instructor -- Chapter One: Introduction and Variables -- 1. Definition of statistics -- 2. Three reasons to learn some statistics -- 3. Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data -- 4. Variables and Attributes -- 5. Practice Problems -- Chapter Two: Levels of Measurement -- 1. Nominal Level -- 2. Ordinal Level Data -- 3. Interval Level Data -- 4. Ratio Level Data -- 5. Practice Problems -- Chapter Three: Data Representation -- 1. Frequency Tables -- 2. Crosstabs -- 3. Histograms -- 4. Percentiles -- 5. Practice Problems -- Chapter Four: Measures of Central Tendency -- 1. Mean -- 2. Median -- 3. Mode -- 4. Statistics and Parameters -- 5. Skewness -- 6. Practice Problems -- Chapter Five: Measures of Distribution -- 1. Range -- 2. Standard Deviation and Variance -- 3. Z-Scores -- 4. Areas Under the curve -- 5. Practice Problems -- Chapter Six: Inference -- 1. Sampling -- 2. Probability and P-Values -- 3. Type I Error -- 4. Type II Error -- 5. Confidence Intervals -- 6. Practice Problems -- Chapter Seven: Simple Correlations -- 1. Pearson Product-Moment Correlations -- 2. Spearman and Point Biserial -- 3. Shared Variance and Error -- 4. Causality -- 5. Practice Problems -- Chapter Eight: Bivariate Regression -- 1. Practice Problems -- Chapter Nine: Multiple Regression -- 1. Basics -- 2. Practice Problems -- Chapter Ten: t-Test and One-way Analysis of Variance -- 1. t-Test -- 2. Directional t-test -- 3. One-Way Analysis of Variance -- 4. Practice Problems -- Chapter Eleven: Chi Square -- 1. Calculating Expected Values in Chi Square -- 2. Fisher's Exact -- 3. Phi -- 4. Practice Problems -- Chapter Twelve: Single System Analysis -- 1. Practice Problems -- Tables -- About the Author -- Index.
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| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827775803321 |
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