Just plain data analysis
Subtitle: finding, presenting, and interpreting social science data
By: Gary M. Klass.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
ISBN-13: 9780742560529; 9780742560536
Subjects: Statistics; Social sciences -- Statistics
Genres: Statistics.
Description: Synopsis: Just Plain Data Analysis teaches students statistical literacy skills used to evaluate and construct arguments about public affairs grounded in numerical evidence. These practical skills involve finding, presenting, and interpreting commonly used social indicators, the quantitative measures of the performance of societies' institutions. These are skills and expertise that are not often covered in qualitative or quantitative research methods and statistics texts and courses but that are directly applicable to students' subsequent coursework and in a wide variety of future careers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Analyzing political, social, and economic indicators; title: Constructing good tables; title: Creating good charts; title: Voting and elections; title: Measuring educational achievement; title: Measuring poverty and inequality; title: Finding the data.