Applying social statistics : an introduction to quantitative reasoning in sociology

✍ Scribed by Jay A Weinstein

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 489
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

While Applying Social Statistics is "about" social statistics and includes all of the topics generally covered in similar texts, it is first and foremost a book about how sociologists use statistics. Its emphasis is on statistical reasoning in sociology and on showing how these principles can be applied to numerous problems in a wide variety of contexts; to answer effectively the question "what's it for." A main learning objective is to help students understand how and why social statistics is used. Yet, Weinstein's style and substance recognize that it is of equal-or even greater-importance. Read more...

Content: List of Boxes, Tables, and Figures; List of Symbols; Preface; 1. Statistics and Sociology: Computation and Application; Part I. An Overview of Applied Social Statistics; Part II. Tools and Techniques of Description; Part III. The Logic of Statistical Induction; Part IV. Bivariate Applications: Using Induction and Association in Sociological Research; Appendix A: Tables; Appendix B: Subscripts, Summation, and Scientific Notation; Appendix C: Answers to Selected Practice Quizzes; Appendix D: Formulas Used in This Book; Notes; References; Index; About the Author.
Abstract: While Applying Social Statistics is "about" social statistics and includes all of the topics generally covered in similar texts, it is first and foremost a book about how sociologists use statistics. Its emphasis is on statistical reasoning in sociology and on showing how these principles can be applied to numerous problems in a wide variety of contexts; to answer effectively the question "what's it for." A main learning objective is to help students understand how and why social statistics is used. Yet, Weinstein's style and substance recognize that it is of equal-or even greater-importance

✦ Subjects

Социологические дисциплины;Методология социологических исследований;Матметоды и моделирование в социологии;