Using and Interpreting Statistics in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences
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Using and Interpreting Statistics in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

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eBook - ePub

Using and Interpreting Statistics in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

About this book

Using and Interpreting Statistics in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences is designed to be paired with any undergraduate introduction to research methods text used by students in a variety of disciplines. It introduces students to statistics at the conceptual level—examining the meaning of statistics, and why researchers use a particular statistical technique, rather than computational skills. Focusing on descriptive statistics, and some more advanced topics such as tests of significance, measures of association, and regression analysis, this brief, inexpensive text is the perfect companion to help students who have not yet taken an introductory statistics course or are confused by the statistics used in the articles they are reading.


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Yes, you can access Using and Interpreting Statistics in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences by William E. Wagner, III,Brian Joseph Gillespie,William E. Wagner-Huang in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Social Science Research & Methodology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Brief Contents
  7. Detailed Contents
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Publisher Note
  10. 1 Brief Introduction to Research in the Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences
  11. 2 Variables and Measurement
  12. 3 How to Sample and Collect Data for Analysis
  13. 4 Data Frequencies and Distributions
  14. 5 Using and Interpreting Univariate and Bivariate Visualizations
  15. 6 Central Tendency and Variability
  16. 7 What Are z Scores, and Why Are They Important?
  17. 8 Hypothesis Testing and Statistical Significance
  18. 9 How to Measure the Relationship Between Nominal and Ordinal Variables
  19. 10 Effect Size
  20. 11 How to Interpret and Report Regression Results
  21. 12 Indices, Typologies, and Scales
  22. Appendix A: The Standard Normal Table
  23. Appendix B: Critical Values for t Statistic
  24. Appendix C: Critical Values for Chi-Square
  25. Appendix D: Critical Values for F Statistics
  26. Appendix E: Glossary
  27. About the Authors