Understanding Social Statistics by Jane L. Fielding, Nigel Gi... - 9781412910545

Understanding Social StatisticsAuthor(s): Jane L. Fielding, Nigel Gilbert\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: SAGE Publications Inc, United States\nImprint: SAGE Publications Inc\nISBN-13: 9781412910545, 978-1412910545\nSynopsis\n`This book is highly recommended for libraries and departments to adopt. If I had to teach a statistics class for sociology students this would be a book I would surely choose. The book achieves two very important goals: it teaches students a software package and trains them in the statistical analysis of sociological data? - Journal of Applied Statistics\n\nThis fully revised, expanded and updated Second Edition of the best-selling textbook by Jane Fielding and Nigel Gilbert provides a comprehensive yet accessible guide to quantitative data analysis. Designed to help take the fear out of the use of numbers in social research, this textbook introduces students to statistics as a powerful means of revealing patterns in human behaviour. \n\nThe textbook covers ever.