Social Research Methods and Statistics: A Computer-assisted IntroductionThis book is a methods text with an applied statistical approach. By introducing statistics within the context of the research process, students get a better sense of the underlying logic of the research process and how research methods and statistics are interwoven in the research process and how scientific research is linked to theory. |
Contents
A Parable about Brute Facts | 7 |
The Ethics of Research | 15 |
Baless Research | 44 |
Copyright | |
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analysis of variance answer average balls calculate called cells census chapter chi-square church membership coefficients column communication conservatism conservative correlation crosstab cult dataset delinquency denominator distribution ecological ecological fallacy error example experiment experimental explain Figure formula Galton's problem gamma give GRAF program graph groups hypothesis independent variable interview levels of measurement look mean menu methods negative normal curve option pairs particular percent person pinball political population press ENTER problem question questionnaire random sample recoding region regression analysis religion religious respondents scattergram scores screen select/reject shows simply slope social sociologists sociology Somers space program square standard deviation statistical significance subjects suicide rates survey tau-a tau-b tau-c tell theory tion total number two-by-two table variation ratio XTAB program z-scores zero