Social Statistics: Managing Data, Conducting Analyses, Presenting Results - Couverture souple

Linneman, Thomas J.

 
9780415661478: Social Statistics: Managing Data, Conducting Analyses, Presenting Results
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0415661471 ISBN 13 : 9780415661478
Editeur : Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

Many fundamentally important decisions about our social life are a function of how well we understand and analyze DATA. This sounds so obvious but it is so misunderstood. Social statisticians struggle with this problem in their teaching constantly. This book and its approach is the ally and support of all instructors who want to accomplish this hugely important teaching goal.

This innovative text for undergraduate social statistics courses is, (as one satisfied instructor put it), a "breath of fresh air." It departs from convention by not covering some techniques and topics that have been in social stat textbooks for 30 years, but that are no longer used by social scientists today. It also includes techniques that conventional wisdom has previously thought to be the province of graduate level courses.

Linneman’s text is for those instructors looking for a thoroughly "modern" way to teach quantitative thinking, problem-solving, and statistical analysis to their students…an undergraduate social statistics course that recognizes the increasing ubiquity of analytical tools in our data-driven age and therefore the practical benefit of learning how to "do statistics," to "present results" effectively (to employers as well as instructors), and to "interpret" intelligently the quantitative arguments made by others.

A NOTE ABOUT THE AUTHOR…

At a recent Charter Day celebration, author Tom Linneman was awarded the Thomas Jefferson Teaching Award, the highest award given to young faculty members at the College of William and Mary. The citation for his award noted that Linneman has developed a reputation among his students as a demanding professor – but one who genuinely cares about them.

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À propos de l?auteur

Tom Linneman is Associate Professor of Sociology at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he has won several teaching awards for his rigorous and innovative courses.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0415661471
ISBN 13 
9780415661478
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
656
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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ISBN 10 :  0415661463 ISBN 13 :  9780415661461
Editeur : Routledge, 2014
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