1st Edition
Basic Statistics for Social Research Step-by-Step Calculations & Computer Techniques Using Minitab
By Duncan Cramer
Copyright 1997
420 Pages
by
Routledge
This accessible introdution to statistics using the program Minitab explains when to apply and how to calculate and interpret a wide range of statistical procedures commonly used in the social sciences. Keeping statistical symbols and formulae to a minimum and using simple examples, this book: * Assumes no prior knowledge of statistics or computing * Includes a concise introduction to the program... Read more
Preface 1 Role of statistics in social research 2 Measurement and univariate analysis 3 Introducing Minitab 4 Statistical significance and choice of test 5 Tests of difference for categorical data 6 Tests of difference for ordinal data 7 Tests of difference for interval/ratio data in unrelated samples 8 Tests of difference for interval/ratio data in related and mixed samples 9 Tests of association for categorical and ordinal data 10 Tests of association for interval/ratio data 11 Bivariate and multiple regression 12 Measurement reliability and agreement.
Biography
Duncan Cramer is Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology at Loughborough University. He is the author of Quantitative Data Analysis with Minitab: A guide for social scientists (1996), with Alan Bryman; Introducing Statistics for Social Research: Step-by-step calculations and computer techniques using SPSS (1994); and Quantitative Data Analysis for Social Scientists (SPSS version) (1990, revised 1994), with Alan Bryman.
