Elementary Statistics in Social Research: Essentials

by Jack Levin, James Alan Fox

This text provides a streamlined and accessible introduction to statistics for students in sociology, criminal justice, political science, social work, and other social sciences.

This text offers an essential and accessible overview to the introduction to social statistics. Clearly written with detailed step-by-step illustrations of statistical procedures, this text provides clear and logical explanations for the rationale and use of statistical methods of social research. Numerous end-of-chapter questions in every chapter reinforce key concepts to students.

Genres: Nonfiction

408 pages, Paperback

First published July 25, 2003

About the author

Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts where he teaches courses in prejudice and violence.

Reviews

[Shelby · Rating 1 out of 5]

Yeah it’s a textbook but I’m going to count it because I’ve literally read every page of it, it’s also the worst textbook I’ve ever read, it doesn’t highlight important facts nor does it indicate vocabulary words. It doesn’t have well maintained sections at all, the only thing I would say was alright about this book is that it demonstrates how to solve example problems well.

[Jilane · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don't waste your time. I have never read an educational textbook that was so unhelpful. I feel like I know even less now than when I started. The author spent so much time going through the math, how adding this number to this number will give you this number. But he never explained where those numbers came from. A quick gloss over what the numbers mean. I hated this book.

[Alinaponizabela · Rating 5 out of 5]

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