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Just plain data analysis : finding, presenting, and interpreting social science data /

Just Plain Data Analysis is designed to teach students statistical literacy skills that they can use to evaluate and construct arguments about public affairs issues grounded in numerical evidence. With a new chapter on statistical fallacies and updates throughout the text, the new edition teaches st...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Klass, Gary M., 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Measuring political, social and economic conditions
  • Measuring racial and ethnic inequality
  • Statistical fallacies, paradoxes and threats to validity
  • Examining a relationship : New York City crime rates
  • Tabulating the data and writing about the numbers
  • The graphical display of data
  • Voting and elections
  • Measuring educational achievement
  • Measuring poverty and inequality.