Beginning Statistics

2nd Edition

An Introduction for Social Scientists

Liam Foster; Ian Diamond; Julie Banton
eISBN-13: 9781473909229

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In the Second Edition of this bestselling textbook, the authors use real-world examples to introduce basic principles in statistics with no prior knowledge or experience assumed. With an emphasis on describing concepts, showing through example and illustrating points with graphs and displays, this book will provide readers with a step-by-step introduction to using statistics.



Chapters address the following questions:

Why bother learning statistics in the first place and are they relevant to real life?
How do I make sensible tables and informative graphs?
What are descriptive and inferential statistics and how are they used?
What are regression and correlation anyway?

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ISBNs 1473909228, 9781473909229, 9781446280706, 9781446280706
Language English
Number of Pages 304
Edition 2nd