Elementary Statistics in Social Research - Hardcover

Levin, Jack A.; Fox, James Alan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0205362702 ISBN 13: 9780205362707

Publisher: Pearson, 2002

Synopsis

This best-selling introduction to statistical analysis in the social sciences provides the right balance of conceptual understanding and step-by-step computational techniques.

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About the Author

Jack Levin is the Irving and Betty Brudnick Professor of Sociology at Northeastern University. His research interests include, criminology, murder, prejudice and hate, and social psychology. Dr. Levin's other books include The Violence of Hate, Why We Hate, The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Sensleless Murder (with James Alan Fox), and Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial and Mass Murder (with James Alan Fox).

 

James Alan Fox is the Lipman Family Professorof Criminal Justice and Professor of Law, Policy, and Society at Northeastern University. He is the author or co-author of sixteen books including Will to Kill and Extreme Killing (both with Jack Levin); winner of the 2007 Hugo Adam Bedau Award for excellence in capital punishment scholarship; and a former Visiting Fellow with the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice.

 

David Forde is Professor and Graduate Director in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Alabama. His principal research activity has been collecting survey and evaluation data on issues of criminal victimization and trauma. Dr. Forde is a current advisor to the National Institute for Law and Equity and a past advisor to the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission on best practices to reduce crime.

Synopsis

Designed for a first course in undergraduate statistics in the social sciences, including sociology, criminal justice, political science, and social work. This best-selling introduction to statistical analysis in the social sciences provides the right balance of conceptual understanding and step-by-step computational techniques. - New conceptual problems help deepen student understanding of statistical methods. - All formulas, exercises, and answers have been thoroughly checked by the authors and re-checked with two additional independent edits for accuracy. - Exercises and examples have been updated throughout. - TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE - New! Free Companion Website with data sets for use with the student workbook, and a downloadable Excel Calculator that can be used for solving problems from the text and student workbook - New! Student SPSS Software optional booklet can be value-packed with the text. - Written to be understandable to a broad range of students, particularly those without a strong background in mathematics. - Provides clear, logical explanations for the rationale and use of statistical methods in social research.

- Detailed step-by-step illustrations of statistical procedures are located at important points throughout the text. - Optional Student Workbook provides supplemental exercises.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0205362702
• ISBN 13: 9780205362707
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 496