Social Statistics: A User-Friendly Approach
- ISBN-10
- 0205166016
- ISBN-13
- 9780205166015
- Series
- Social Statistics
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- Allyn & Bacon
- Authors
- Steven P. Schacht, Brad Stewart
Description
*HH06, Social Statistics: A User-Friendly Approach, Steven P. Schacht(Gonzaga University), Brad Stewart(University of St. Thomas) H4004-1, 268 pp., 7 x 9 1/4, 0-205-14004-1, paperbound, 1995, $24.00nk, December*/Written specifically for the introductory social science level, each statistical concept/technique is illustrated by a recognized cartoon to reduce readers' anxiety and paralysis about statistics. It contains in-depth coverage of all the requisite statistical concepts. The book simply transforms a topic readers frequently find boring, paralyzing or stressful into an enjoyable learning experience; a technique that Schacht has successfully used for nearly ten years.
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