Statistics for the Social Sciences

By R. Mark Sirkin and R Mark Sirkin

Book Overview

Do your students lack confidence in handling quantitative work? Do they get confused about how to enter statistical data on SAS and SPSS programs? This Second Edition of Mark Sirkin′s popular textbook is the solution for these dilemmas. The book progresses from concepts that require little computational work to the more demanding. It emphasizes utilization so that students appreciate the usefulness of statistics and shows how the interpretation of data is related to the methods by which data was obtained. The author includes coverage of the scientific method, levels of measurement and the interpretation of tables.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761914196
• ISBN13: 9780761914198
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Comprehensive textbook

This is a comprehensive book covering all the major topics that a student would need for the statistics modules in various social science courses. Managers need to have an understanding of statistics so that they are able to manipulate the numerous masses of data that come their way into meaningful and useful information that they can employ in making decisions in organisations. The author presented the material in the book in a clear and in-depth manner, making it suitable for social science students studying statistics or carrying out research required statistical manipulations. The author also provided several examples and exercises that should assist the reader in consolidating his/her understanding of the concepts described in the book. Most managers are consumers rather than producers of statistical information. This book equips you with the expertise to enable you to be an informed consumer who knows the right questions to ask and the kind of information to request from those who produce the statistical information in the organization.

clearest presentation of statistics.

Excellent presentation of complicated subject. For many people stats are intimidating. This book is the clearest presentation I've seen