TY - BOOK AU - Agresti,Alan AU - Finlay,Barbara TI - Statistical methods for the social sciences. SN - 9780130272959 (alk. paper) AV - QA276.12.A34 U1 - 519.5 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - Pearson Prentice Hall KW - Statistics KW - Social sciences KW - Statistical methods N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-600) and index; Contents : Introduction -- Sampling and measurement -- Descriptive statistics -- Probability distributions -- Statistical inference:estimation -- Statistical inference:significance tests -- Comparison of two groups -- Analyzing association between categorical variables -- Linear regression and correlation -- Introduction to multivariate relationships -- Multiple regression and correlation -- Comparing groups:analysis of variance (ANOVA) methods -- Combining regression and ANOVA:quantitative and categorical predictors -- Model building with multiple regression -- Logistic regression:modeling categorical responses -- An Introduction to advanced methodology -- Appendix : A : SPSS and SAS for statistical analyses -- B : Answers to selected odd-numbered exercises. UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0805/2007038723.html ER -