TY - BOOK AU - Diamond,Ian AU - Foster,Liam AU - Jefferies,Julie TI - Beginning statistics: an introduction for social scientists SN - 9781446280690 AV - HA29 .D44 2015 U1 - 519.5 23 KW - Social sciences KW - Statistical methods KW - Statistics KW - Methodology KW - Manuels KW - eclas KW - Méthodes statistiques KW - Sciences sociales KW - fast KW - Statistisk metod KW - sao KW - Samhällsvetenskap KW - forskning - metodik N1 - Previous edition: 2001; Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-277) and index; Are statistics relevant to real life? -- Data and table manners -- Graphs and charts -- Averages and percentiles -- Spreads -- Transforming data -- The normal distribution -- From samples to populations -- Getting confident -- Fun with proportions -- How to decide how to decide -- More tricky decisions -- Correlation and regression -- Analysing tables with categorical data -- Conclusion -- Statistical tables -- Answers to practice questions -- Algebra and mathematical notation explained ER -