Social Statistics for a Diverse Society (Undergraduate Research Methods and Statistics) - Hardcover

Frankfort-Nachmias, Chava; Leon-Guerrero, Anna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761986472 ISBN 13: 9780761986478

Publisher: Pine Forge Pr, 1999

Synopsis

Written especially for undergraduate students taking their first course in social statistics, this highly accessible bestselling text has been thoroughly revised and updated with the latest General Social Survey data. The new Fourth Edition maintains the same informal, conversational writing style along with the many pedagogical features have led to the previous editions' widespread success. It also introduces new social issues, including more analysis of cultural diversity. The text includes resources designed to support effective teaching: illustrations showing how statistical concepts are used to interpret social issues, guides for reading and interpreting the research literature, SPSS demonstrations, and a rich variety of exercises. The authors have introduced a strong global perspective by using real-life examples from the International Social Survey Programme that help expand the students' analytical focus beyond the United States.

About this title

Review:

"This book is the best I have seen on the market. It is the only book I have seen that manages to teach both statistics and a great deal of social science. Any student using this book will become wiser in the ways of statistics and more perceptive of many different types of diversity in our society. I have adopted and readopted this text." 

(Tom Linneman)

About the Author:

Chava Frankfort-Nachmias is an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. She is the coauthor of Research Methods in the Social Sciences (with David Nachmias), coeditor of Sappho in the Holy Land (with Erella Shadmi) and numerous publications on ethnicity and development, urban revitalization, science and gender, and women in Israel. She was the recipient of the University of Wisconsin System teaching improvement grant on integrating race, ethnicity, and gender into the social statistics and research methods curriculum. She is also the coauthor (with Anna Leon-Guerrero) of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pine Forge Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0761986472
• ISBN 13: 9780761986478
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2