Interpreting Data

by Peter M. Nardi

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Written in non-technical, everyday language, this supplementary text is a quick guide to understanding data. Readers will learn about and practice working with graphs and tables found in popular and scholarly publications, and understand the output from statistical software.

Statistics, tables, graphs, and figures discussed are presented in four steps:

• Defining it
• Describing where it should or should not be used.
• Showing how it is used in a popular magazine or newspaper, academic journal, or in output from SPSS software.
• Discussing how to interpret its meaning.

Paperback

First published March 30, 2005

Reviews

[Warren · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good approach to social statistics that doesn't read like a textbook. Requires a little stats knowledge prior to reading, but if it's been awhile since you took your stats class, the text does a good job at supporting recall.