Statistics and data interpretation for social work
By: James A. Rosenthal
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 512
ISBN-13: 9780826107206; 9780826107213
Subjects: Statistical methods; Statistics; Social sciences; Social service; Research
Table of contents: title: Introduction and descriptive statistics; title: Introduction and overview; title: Data presentation; title: Central tendency; title: Measures of variability; title: Shape of distribution; title: The concept of relationship and relationship between categorical variables; title: The odds ratio and other measures for categorical variables; title: Correlation and regression; title: Standardized mean difference; title: Research design and causality; title: Controlling for confounding variables.