A Mathematical Primer for Social Statistics

by John D. Fox

John Fox′s A Mathematical Primer for Social Statistics covers many often ignored yet important topics in mathematics and mathematical statistics. This text provides readers with the foundation on which an understanding of applied statistics rests.

Intended Audience

This book is ideal for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in the social sciences who need to understand and use relatively advanced statistical methods but whose mathematical preparation for this work is insufficient.

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184 pages, Paperback

First published July 29, 2008

About the author

John Fox is the Senator William McMaster Professor of Social Statistics at the Department of Sociology at McMaster University in Canada.

Reviews

[James Conigrave · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the challenges I face attempting a doctoral program is that I'm not aware of what I don't know or understand. Thanks to Fox I have a very clear understanding of just how far behind I am when it comes to Mathematics.

A good reference book but it does not hold your hand at all, instead Fox concisely lays out the mathematical foundations of social statistics leaving the reader with the task of pulling it apart.