Statistical Methods for Communication Studies
eBook - ePub

Statistical Methods for Communication Studies

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eBook - ePub

Statistical Methods for Communication Studies

About this book

A step-by-step guide through various stages of data preparation and analysis, this text demonstrates descriptive and inferential statistics in communication studies.

This book equips communication students with the tools they need to engage in quantitative research, ensuring that they understand why the statistical tools they chose are most appropriate for their data. Using examples and data directly relevant to communication researchers, this text provides guidance on how to use and interpret SPSS and write up results, with further guidance via free online material in using Excel and R. Instead of focusing on formulas and in-depth mathematics, this book provides a hands-on approach to understanding the theory, practice, and application of statistical methods in communication. In addition to covering the standard statistical tools used to analyze social science data for hypothesis testing (e.g., correlation, regression, ANOVA), it also covers advanced factor-analytic techniques specific to measurement validation as well as data visualization guidance.

Ideally suited for statistics or quantitative methods courses in communication studies programs at the advanced and graduate level.

Online resources include tutorials on SPSS, Excel, and R for key constructs and practice quizzes for students. Instructors will find an instructor manual and test bank. Please visit www.routledge.com/9781032814872.

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Yes, you can access Statistical Methods for Communication Studies by Stephen M. Croucher,Stephanie Kelly,Cheng Zeng in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Probability & Statistics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. 1 Introduction to Statistical Methods for Communication
  7. 2 Measurement Fundamentals
  8. 3 SPSS and Excel
  9. 4 Data Visualization
  10. 5 Describing Data
  11. 6 Normality and Outliers
  12. 7 The Research Process
  13. 8 Correlation
  14. 9 Simple Linear Regression
  15. 10 Multiple Regression
  16. 11 t-Tests
  17. 12 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
  18. 13 Multiple Analysis of Variance (MANOVA)
  19. 14 ANCOVA and MANCOVA
  20. 15 Repeated Measures
  21. 16 Chi-Square (χ2)
  22. 17 Reliability Analysis
  23. 18 Exploratory Factor Analysis
  24. 19 Principal Components Factor Analysis
  25. 20 Confirmatory Factor Analysis
  26. Appendix T: Critical Value of t
  27. Appendix Z: Z Cumulative Distribution Table
  28. Author Index
  29. Subject Index