The Data Game: Controversies in Social Science Statistics (Habitat Guides) - Hardcover

Maier, Mark; Imazeki, Jennifer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765603756 ISBN 13: 9780765603753

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

Now updated for web-based research, the third edition of The Data Game introduces students to the collection, use, and interpretation of statistical data in the social sciences. Separate chapters are devoted to data in the fields of demography, housing, health, education, crime, the national economy, wealth, income and poverty, labor, business, government, and public opinion polling. The concluding chapter is devoted to the common problem of ambiguity in social science statistics.

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Synopsis

Updated for web-based research, this text introduces students to the collection, use and interpretation of statistical data in the social sciences. Separate chapters are on the fields of demography, housing, health, education, crime, economy, labour, poverty, government and public opinion polling.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0765603756
• ISBN 13: 9780765603753
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 320