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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
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Steven Levitt, Stephen J Dubner
Economist Steven Levitt is a popularizer in the best sense of that term, and his reality-based view of economics encompasses both how it touches our daily lives (though we may not always see it) and how it can help bring clarity to that messy world we live in. In FREAKONOMICS, written with journalist Stephen J. Dubner, Levitt casts his ...
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Visual Explanations
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Edward R. Tufte, Bonnie Scranton (Illustrator), Dmitry Krasny (Illustrator)
Riveting ideas on presenting better information design. Few would disagree: Life in the information age can be overwhelming. Through computers, the Internet, the media, and even our daily newspapers, we are awash in a seemingly endless stream of charts, maps, infographics, diagrams, and data. "Visual Explanations," the latest book by Edward R. ...
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Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics
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Dr. Neil J Salkind
'There's lots to commend this book. It's readable, helpful, humorous and works to gently guide the reader through an unfamiliar new territory. The aim is to give the reader both the knowledge and the confidence to think about statistics and how it's used in the real world' - "TechBookReport". With a new chapter, enhanced graphics, an instructor's ...
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American History: A Survey
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Alan Brinkley
This historical survey aims to balance social and cultural issues with political and diplomatic. It sets out to help the instructor to organize his or her course in many different ways, confident that the text will support the topics discussed in class and provide students with the ideal book for self-study. This edition includes historiographical ...
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Basic Practice of Statistics
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David S Moore
Designed for students who are not from a mathematical background, this introductory statistical text emphasizes ideas over computation. It highlights the relevance of statistical concepts and their applications. Examples are based on real data drawn from a variety of disciplines. An early emphasis on distribution makes difficult topics such as ...
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Statistics: Concepts and Controversies
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David S Moore
This is a statistics book for readers interested in ideas rather than technique. It presents, in a non-technical form, the most important statistical concepts as they are applied in public policy, the human sciences, and everyday life. It is designed to give non-mathematical readers critical insight into the uses and misuses of numbers and ...
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Finite Mathematics: An Applied Approach
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Michael Sullivan
Sullivan/Mizrahi's "Finite Mathematics: An Applied Approach, 9/e" continues its rich tradition of engaging students and demonstrating how mathematics applies to various fields of study. The text is packed with real data and real life applications to business, economics, social and life sciences. The new Ninth Edition also features a new full color ...
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Statistics for the Behavioral and Social Sciences: A Brief Course
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Arthur Aron, Elaine N Aron, Ph.D.
For one-quarter/semester courses that focus on the basics or combine statistics with research methods. By using definitional formulas to emphasize the concepts of statistics, rather than rote memorization, students work problems in a way that keeps them constantly aware of the underlying logic of what they are doing. Here, in the fourth edition of ...
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Using SPSS for Windows and Macintosh: Analyzing and Understanding Data
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Samuel B Green, Dr. Neil J Salkind
For courses in Introductory Statistics and Research Methods in the department of Psychology. Using SPSS guides students through the most basic of SPSS techniques using step-by-step descriptions, presents statistical techniques and instruction on how to conduct statistical analyses, and explains in detail how to avoid all the obstacles common in ...
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Introduction to the Practice of Statistics
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David S Moore
Presenting statistics from the point of view of working statisticians the book gives examples and exercises based on real data. This second edition has a refined and reorganized the text. The presentation of key concepts has been clarified and consolidated; notation has been simplified wherever possible; and many new data sets have been added. To ...
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Statistics: A Tool for Social Research
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Dr. Joseph F Healey
This text delivers a balance of conceptual and practical approaches to statistics. The author covers basic statistical concepts and techniques in a step-by-step manner, continually emphasizing the underlying logic and the social research contexts that make sense of it all. The book includes applications, examples, and exercises and integrated ...
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Basic statistical analysis
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Richard C Sprinthall
The material in this user-friendly text is presented as simply as possible to ensure that students will gain a solid understanding of statistical procedures and analysis. The goal of this book is to demystify and present statistics in a clear, cohesive manner. The student is presented with rules of evidence and the logic behind those rules. The ...
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Statistics for Social Workers
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Robert W Weinbach
This acclaimed statistics text requires no prior knowledge of statistics, emphasizing a conceptual understanding of the topic and its usefulness to social work practice and research. Rather than focusing on mathematical computation, Statistics for Social Workers instead focuses on providing an understanding of the logical underpinnings of ...
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The Essentials of Statistics: A Tool for Social Research
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Dr. Joseph F Healey
Known for his exceptional and student-friendly writing style, Joseph Healey's new book provides the essentials of statistics, makes no assumptions about the students' knowledge of math, and is very applied in its approach. The book's primary emphasis is on developing the student's skills to become 'statistically literate,' with computational ...
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Essentials of Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
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Frederick J Gravetter
This text offers comprehensive coverage of topics in a briefer format (15 rather than 20 chapters). It helps students overcome statistics anxiety through its intuitive, explanatory writing style and use of real-world examples. The authors present statistical formulae both in standard mathematical notation and in everyday language with explanations ...
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Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
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B. Michael Thorne
This introductory statistics text presents a range of topics, from simple to sophisticated, in clear, logical language with relevant research examples that motivates students so that they always understand why they are learning the material and its relationship to their further work in the field.
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Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences
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Alan Agresti
For an introductory course in statistics for undergraduate or graduate students in departments of sociology, political science, and psychology, geography, anthropology, journalism, and speech. Assuming no prior knowledge of statistics, these authors combine their varied backgrounds-one a statistician, the other a social scientist-to introduce ...
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Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective
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Peter L Berger
This classic work views sociology in the humanist tradition. The author points out its affinity to history and philosophy as well as its need for scientific procedures. He discusses human consciousness and the relationships between man and his institutions.
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Research methods in criminal justice and criminology
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Frank E Hagan
A classic in its field, this best-selling book teaches general research methods using standard and contemporary examples of criminal justice and criminology research. Featuring both qualitative and quantitative studies, the author helps students develop fundamental research skills and acquaints them with the literature of the field. This edition ...
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Elementary Statistics in Social Research
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Dr. Jack Levin, PH.D.
Designed for a first course in undergraduate statistics in the social sciences, including sociology, criminal justice, political science, and social work. This best-selling introduction to statistical analysis in the social sciences provides the right balance of conceptual understanding and step-by-step computational techniques. - New conceptual ...
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Discovering Statistics Using SPSS
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Dr. Andy Field
This book is the winner of the 2007 British Psychological Society Award. 'It is noteworthy that after I used some of the illustrations and mentioned the book in class, most students went and bought a copy. Their final papers were heavily 'Field-referenced'! That is the best endorsement one can give to a text' - "Journal of Advanced Nursing". 'The ...
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Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians and Activists
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Joel Best
Does the number of children gunned down double each year? Does anorexia kill 150,000 young women annually? Do white males account for only a sixth of new workers? Startling statistics shape our thinking about social issues. But all too often, these numbers are wrong. This book is a lively guide to spotting bad statistics and learning to think ...
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Statistics Unplugged
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Sally Caldwell
This introductory statistics textbook covers the basics of the subject, with chapters on the description of data and distribution, the normal curve, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, variance, the chi-square test, and correlation and regression. Caldwell teaches sociology at Southwest Texas
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Victimology
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William G Doerner
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Doing Your Research Project: A Guide for First-Time Researchers in Education and Social Science
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Judith Bell
If you are a beginner researcher, the problems facing you are much the same whether you are producing a small project, an MEd dissertation or a PhD thesis. You will need to select a topic; identify the objectives of your study; plan and design a suitable methodology; devise research instruments; negotiate access to institutions, material and ...
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