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Social Statistics for a Diverse Society
Author: Chava Frankfort-Nachmias, Anna Leon-Guerrero

Order the SPSS Student Version (ISBN: 978-1-4129-6883-6) of this text and your students will be able to practice SPSS (version 16.0) on their laptops in the convenience of their dorm rooms (rather than in the computer labs) for just $25 more than the text alone. — In th... more »is Fifth Edition of their best-selling Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, Chava Frankfort-Nachmias and Anna Leon-Guerrero use straightforward, conversational prose and emphasize common sense as they demonstrate the link between the practice of statistics and important social issues. Social Statistics for a Diverse Society helps students learn key sociological concepts through real research examples related to the dynamic relationship between race, class, gender, and other social variables.

An emphasis on SPSS® for Windows (version 16.0) throughout the book, in conjunction with General Social Survey data, introduces one of the most commonly used analytical software packages in the field. Each chapter ends with a demonstration of a related SPSS procedure, along with a set of useful exercises to help students practice what they learn.

New and Retained Features

New and updated real-world examples, drawn from a wide range of sources, including news stories, government reports, scholarly research, the National Opinion Research Center General Social Survey and the Monitoring the Future Survey, help students combine an understanding of statistics with an increased understanding of social issues
Significant student-friendly reorganization of the text provides descriptive and inferential statistics in discrete units first, followed by coverage of data analysis
Updated statistical applications in examples now include social issues beyond race and gender, such as class and mobility
Reading the Research Literature sections in most chapters help students read and interpret statistical information in professional and scholarly publications
Fully revitalized learning aids, including new end-of-chapter exercises, Learning Checks, and Statistics in Practice and A Closer Look boxes
A new data set available on the Study Site applies to criminology and social work research issues

Ancillaries

Instructors? Resources on CD-Rom feature a new test bank with a wide variety of test questions, PowerPoint slides for each chapter, illustrations from the book, and teaching tips. Contact Customer Care at 1-800-818-SAGE (7243).
A Student Study Site at www.pineforge.com/frankfort-nachmiasstudy5 contains interactive quizzes, e-flashcards, data sets, online research activities, SAGE journal articles and more.

Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, Fifth Edition is appropriate for use in Introduction to Statistics, Social Statistics, Research Methods and Data Analysis courses in all of the social sciences.

ISBN-13: 9781412968249
ISBN-10: 1412968240
Publication Date: 11/17/2008
Pages: 616
Edition: Fifth Edition
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Publisher: Pine Forge Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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