Robert W. Pearson

Statistical Persuasion

How to Collect, Analyze, and Present Data...Accurately, Honestly, and Persuasively

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Produktbeschreibung

This text clearly and straightforwardly demonstrates how to collect, manage, analyze, and present data in real world applications in education, criminal justice and other fields in the social sciences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: B74967P
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 791g
• ISBN-13: 9781412974967
• ISBN-10: 1412974968
• Artikelnr.: 27238104

Inhaltsangabe

PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1. Introduction
2. Research Design and Data Collection
3. Measurement
4. Data Editing, Transformation, Index Construction, and Weights
5. Statistics as Description
6. Charts and Graphs
7. Percentages and Contingency Tables
8. Samples and Statistical Inference
9. Statistics as Group Differences
10. Statistics as Relationships
11. Regression Analysis
12. Detecting and Correcting Violations of Regression Assumptions
13. Time Series Analysis, Program Assessment, and Forecasting
14. Presenting Persuasive Statistical Analyses
APPENDIX A: FROM WHENCE DO DATA COME? KEY STATISTICAL SITES FROM THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT
APPENDIX B: HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT STATISTICS
APPENDIX C: IN-CLASS QUESTIONNAIRE
REFERENCES