Description:A Short, Clear Guide is an accessible, humorous and easy introduction to statistics for social science students.In this refreshing book, experienced author and academic Neil Burdess shows that statistics are not the result of some mysterious "black magic", but rather the result of some very basic arithmetic. Getting rid of confusing x′s and y′s, he shows that it′s the intellectual questions that come before and after the calculations that are (i) What are the best statistics to use with your data? and (ii) What do the calculated statistics tell you? A Short, Clear Guide aims to help students make sense of the logic of statistics and to decide how best to use statistics to analyse their own data. What′s more, it is not reliant on students having access to any particular kind of statistical software package.This is a very useful book for any student in the social sciences doing a statistics course or needing to do statistics for themselves for the first time.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Starting Statistics: A Short, Clear Guide. To get started finding Starting Statistics: A Short, Clear Guide, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: A Short, Clear Guide is an accessible, humorous and easy introduction to statistics for social science students.In this refreshing book, experienced author and academic Neil Burdess shows that statistics are not the result of some mysterious "black magic", but rather the result of some very basic arithmetic. Getting rid of confusing x′s and y′s, he shows that it′s the intellectual questions that come before and after the calculations that are (i) What are the best statistics to use with your data? and (ii) What do the calculated statistics tell you? A Short, Clear Guide aims to help students make sense of the logic of statistics and to decide how best to use statistics to analyse their own data. What′s more, it is not reliant on students having access to any particular kind of statistical software package.This is a very useful book for any student in the social sciences doing a statistics course or needing to do statistics for themselves for the first time.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Starting Statistics: A Short, Clear Guide. To get started finding Starting Statistics: A Short, Clear Guide, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.