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Agresti, Alan.

Statistical methods for the social sciences. / Alan Agresti, Barbara Finlay. - 4th ed. - Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009. - xiii, 609 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-600) and index.

Contents : Introduction -- Sampling and measurement -- Descriptive statistics -- Probability distributions -- Statistical inference:estimation -- Statistical inference:significance tests -- Comparison of two groups -- Analyzing association between categorical variables -- Linear regression and correlation -- Introduction to multivariate relationships -- Multiple regression and correlation -- Comparing groups:analysis of variance (ANOVA) methods -- Combining regression and ANOVA:quantitative and categorical predictors -- Model building with multiple regression -- Logistic regression:modeling categorical responses -- An Introduction to advanced methodology -- Appendix : A : SPSS and SAS for statistical analyses -- B : Answers to selected odd-numbered exercises.

ISBN: 9780130272959 (alk. paper) 0130272957 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007038723

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Statistics.
Social sciences--Statistical methods.

LC Class. No.: QA276.12.A34

Dewey Class. No.: 519.5